Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from World War Z

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

World War Z / The Zombie War / The Crisis/ The Dark Years/ T - These are the various names for the event that prompted the writing of the novel.

New Dachang - This is the small village where the first instance of the plague occurred.

Patient Zero - This person was the first to be infected by the plague.

Rabies / African Rabies / Walking Plague - These are the various names given to the outbreak.

The Panic - This is the name for a period of the war between the initial...
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