Star Beast Study Guide - Baen Books

(b) Kiku
(c) Greenberg
(d) Murgatroyd
3. When will MacClure’s resignation be announced?
(a) Immediately
(b) After the Secretary-General resigns
(c) After the Hroshiian crisis is resolved
(d) In two weeks
Answers: 1-c; 2-a; 3-d
• Suggestions for reflection and discussion: Would the students be willing to
sacrifice John Thomas’s freedom to prevent a war between the humans and the
Hroshii?
• Suggested activities/inquiry-based exploration: In this future, there are still
newspapers. Have the students research the history of newspapers.
Chapter XIV—“Destiny! Fiddlesticks”
• Prepare to read:
• vocabulary
• persona non grata
• transcending
• aggregation
• Cro-Magnon
• Neanderthal
• Initiating activity: Have the students research the common flatworm. Kiku
compares the Hroshii to them, because they both grow when fed, shrink
when not fed, and are hard to kill.
• Chapter summary: Greenberg is back in Westville to persuade John Thomas and
Mrs. Stuart to travel to the Capital Enclave, where Kiku hopes to persuade them
that John Thomas should accompany Lummox back to the Hroshii home world.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Stuart follows the news and has no intention of surrendering
John Thomas to the Hroshians, so she refuses to see him. While he is waiting, a
local newspaperman named Hovey interviews him. Greenberg says that the
Federation is not going to give John Thomas to the Hroshians but rather that since
John Thomas has special knowledge of the species from his long association with
Lummox, they want him to help with the negotiations. Then Chief Dreiser calls to
tell him that John Thomas is missing and that Greenberg had better not have
kidnapped him. Finally Betty calls him and, using a code, asks if John Thomas