No rule against it
And Sven would have ignored one.
No regulation ever forbade pets in a space station, because nobody thought one was needed.
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Feathered Friend · Class 8 English · Poorvi
English 3 topics 105 leveled MCQs 51 flashcards 5 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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Why Sven was up there
Wiry, and light enough for the bonus.
Sven Olsen was wiry, meaning thin but strong, and light enough to qualify for the 150-pound bonus.
The joke underneath
Mass costs fuel.
The joke underneath is real. Mass costs fuel, so a light crewman is cheaper to keep in orbit than a heavy one.
Permanent sunlight
They kept day and night anyway.
The crew worked twelve-hour watches and kept the words day and night, although they floated in permanent sunlight.
Three signs
A headache, bad dreams, a dull mind.
The narrator woke with a nagging headache and vague memories of fitful, disturbed dreams.
A quiet breakfast
And one seat empty.
Breakfast was unusually quiet and one seat was vacant. Two facts, offered without comment.
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1
A Canary in a Space Station
Sven Olsen smuggles a yellow canary up to a space station, partly out of curiosity about how a bird flies without weight. Claribel learns zero gravity faster than the crew, and becomes everybody’s pet.
- No regulation forbade pets in a space station, because nobody had ever thought one necessary.
- The narrator is certain Sven Olsen would have ignored such a rule in any case.
- Sven was wiry, like most early spacers, and light enough to qualify for the 150-pound bonus.
~32 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
The Morning the Air Went Wrong
A twelve-hour watch begins with headaches and a vacant seat. Claribel is found limp in Sven’s hand, revives on oxygen and faints again, and the narrator remembers why miners once carried canaries underground.
- The crew were on twelve-hour watches, and kept the words day and night although there was permanent sunlight.
- The narrator woke with a nagging headache and vague memories of fitful dreams.
- Breakfast was unusually quiet and one seat was vacant, because Sven was looking for Claribel.
~34 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
The Language of the Story: Merged Words and Five Futures
Three pieces of language work from this chapter. Adjectives that pair with the right noun, words made by fusing two words together, and the five ways English has of talking about something that has not happened yet.
- An adjective describes a noun, and some adjectives sit naturally with some nouns: a nagging worry, a vague plan.
- A merged word takes part of one word and part of another, and makes a single new word.
- The story supplies one: intercom comes from internal and communication.
~33 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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105 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
Assertion: A regulation forbade keeping pets on the space station. Reason: Nobody had ever thought such a regulation necessary.
Advanced
A Both true, and the reason explains the assertion
B Both true, but the reason does not explain it
C The assertion is true and the reason is false
D The assertion is false and the reason is true
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The assertion is false and the reason is true
The assertion is false: there was no such rule at all, and the narrator adds that Sven would have ignored one anyway. The reason is true, and it explains why no rule existed rather than why one did.
The narrator is certain that a rule against pets would have made no difference at all to Sven. What does he say Sven would have done?
Beginner
A Written to the authorities
B Taken the canary home
C Asked the crew to vote
D Ignored it completely
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Ignored it completely
Which tells us about Sven before we meet him.
Most of the early spacers were built the same way: thin, and a good deal stronger than they looked. What does wiry mean?
Beginner
A Thin but strong
B Quick-tempered and loud
C Clever with tools
D Rather short in height
Show answer & explanation
Thin but strong
It describes Sven exactly.
Weight was costly to lift into orbit, so the lightest crew members were rewarded for it. Which bonus did Sven easily qualify for?
Intermediate
A An overtime bonus
B A bonus paid for dangerous repairs
C The 150-pound bonus
D A bonus for long service in orbit
Show answer & explanation
The 150-pound bonus
The one that kept many of the crew on a reducing diet.
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