Timequake | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Xanadu - This event is a writers' retreat located on Point Zion in Rhode Island.

Planet Booboo - This location is a setting in one of Kilgore Trout's short stories.

American Academy of Arts and Letters - Trout throws his short stories away in a wire trash receptacle outside this location.

Former Museum of the American Indian - This building becomes a homeless shelter next door to the Academy.

American Humanist Association - The author gives a talk to this group of people regarding the passing of Isaac Asimov, a famous science fiction...
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