107 pages • 3 hours read
Ken LiuThe Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2016A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Answer Key
Story 1: “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”
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1. Copper
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2. They saw that the Caru’ee were using the stone brain for its intended purpose.
Story 2: “State Change”
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3. A beech branch
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4. The “state change” happens in a person when their soul takes on a new shape.
Story 3: “The Perfect Match”
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5. “My Way” by Frank Sinatra
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6. Centillion began ranking real estate listings based on users’ race.
Story 4: “Good Hunting”
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7. Swallow Tail
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8. As a member of an ethnic minority and a sex worker, she knows she will be powerless without him.
Story 5: “The Literomancer”
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9. Autumn
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10. A literomancer is someone who practices divination through letters and words.
Story 6: “Simulacrum”
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11. Anna’s father Paul
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12. Paul could have affairs with artificial women but not real living ones.
Story 7: “The Regular”
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13. My Hong Kong, Your Hong Kong
14. Once per day
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15. It leaves the impression of a wedding ring, which makes women feel safer.
Story 8: “The Paper Menagerie”
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16. Star Wars action figures
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17. He thinks that if she were more American, he would fit in better at school and stop being teased.
Story 9: “An Advanced Readers’ Picture Book of Comparative Cognition”
