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Why is the following passage a particularly telling characterization? When, as Judy's head lay against his shoulder that first night, she whispered, "I don't know what's the matter with me. Last night I thought i was in love with a man tonight I think I'm in love with you--" it seemed to him a beautiful and romantic thing to say. It was the exquisite excitability that for the moment he controlled and owned.
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it reveals the basic thrust of both Judy's and Dexter's feelings
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Judy's alternating indifference ant attention to Dexter have the effect of
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making her even more desirable to him
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When Dexter Green first meets Judy Jones, she is about to beat her nurse. The reader learns that Dexter believes Judy may be justified in beating the nurse. What does this tell the reader?
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Dexter is enthralled by Judy
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Upon his second encounter with Judy Jones, when she hits Mr. Hedrick with a golf ball, Dexter Green is overwhelmed by her
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beauty
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Who is the most important person to Judy Jones as a young woman?
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herself
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Which character trait does Dexter establish when he quits his caddying job?
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letting his obsession with Judy control his decisions
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Why is Judy Jones's beauty important to her character
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she uses it to get what she wants
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Why does Dexter Green quit seeing Irene Scheerer?
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Dexter decided to become engaged to Judy jones instead
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After Judy Jones hits Mr. Hedrick with a golf ball, the reader learns "(h)er glance fell casually on each of the men--then scanned the fairway for her ball." From this, the reader can conclude that Judy Jones was
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concerned more about where her shot lay than about Mr. Hedrick
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Which of the following statements best describes the theme of "Winter Dreams"?
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the pursuit of material satisfaction interferes with the pursuit of emotional satisfaction
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Dexter Green probably becomes engaged to Irene Scheerer because of his
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desire for stability
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Why does Fitzgerald choose not to provide a physical description of Dexter?
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the story is about Dexter's personality and his emotional and mental traits
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What image does Fitzgerald portray when he says Judy Jones was "swimming to the floating surfboard with a sinuous crawl"?
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Judy swims gracefully
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Which word means the opposite of the word fortuitous?
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unlucky
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Which sentence has a mistake in subject-verb agreement?
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Dexter's dream of attaining "glistening things" obsess him
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When the narrator says the wounded soldiers "were all very polite and interested in what was the matter, and sat in the machines that were to make so much difference," he is being
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ironic
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What may have made the soldiers feel detached?
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living with death made them aware of how fragile life is
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Identify with the circumstances of the major. Why do you think he never misses a day with the machines?
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self-discipline is important to him
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The major's attitude toward the doctor is best described as ____.
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indifferent
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Hemingway employs a direct, unadorned style of writing in order to
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allow the reader to draw his or her own conclusions
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Why does the narrator distinguish himself and the young soldier who was injured within the first hour after arriving at the front from the "hawks"?
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the hawks had done brave things in war; he and the young soldier had relatively little war experience
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What attitude do the narrator and the major seem to share regarding the machines?
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lack of confidence
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Why did the major become angry after learning of the death of his wife?
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he had not yet accepted the loss
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The major experienced war and escaped death, but his young wife, who lived safely at home, died after a brief illness. Which word best describes the theme of "In Another Country"?
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life is full of loneliness and loss
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Which word means the same as resign?
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accept
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Someone who is detached from society might feel
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isolated
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The theme of the "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" concerns the
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long history of the black race
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In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," which word best describes the speaker's attitude?
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proud
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In "Dream Variations," the speaker sees day as a time to _____.
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dance
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In "Dream Variations," which phrase best describes the "dream"?
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to have joyous days and restful nights
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Which line from "Dream Variations" gives you a clue about what the speaker looks like?
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"Dark like me--"
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Which which statement would the speaker of "Dream Variations" be mostly likely to agree?
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night is a time for revitalization
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In "I,Too," what does the word "too" in the first and last lines emphasize in the poem?
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the speaker is part of the American experience
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What can you infer about the speaker's attitude from "I, Too"?
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the speaker is optimistic
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In "I, Too," what does eating in the kitchen represent?
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discrimination
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Which line from "Refugee in America" gives you a clue about who the speaker is?
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"On my heart-strings freedom sings"
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In "Refugee in America," why does the speaker feel like a refugee?
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he does not have the right of a citizen
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In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," the Congo probably "lulled" the speaker to sleep with
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a gentle murmur
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Which sentence contains an error in pronoun-antecedent agreement?
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a refugee is someone who leaves their home behind
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In "A Rose for Emily," what kind of conflict is the aldermen's attempt to get Miss Emily to pay taxes?
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an external conflict with an outside source
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How does Faulkner create ambiguity in "A Rose for Emily"?
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he limits information about the true order of events
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In "A Rose for Emily," why is Miss Emily being watched more carefully than in the past?
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a new generation of leaders is changing things
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In "A Rose for Emily," why were the people glad when it was learned that after Miss Emily's father died, all that was left to her was the house?
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she had suddenly become more like them
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In "A Rose for Emily," when Miss Emily tells the ladies who have come to offer their condolences that her father is not dead, how does this action establish ambiguity?
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it shows her strange state of mind
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In "A Rose for Emily," why does the appearance of Homer Barron in Miss Emily's life cause concern for the "older people" of Jefferson
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they believed that she should not be with a Yankee day laborer
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When Miss Emily purchases poison in "A Rose for Emily," what does Faulkner avoid revealing in order to create more ambiguity?
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the reason she purchases it
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In "A Rose for Emily" what type of conflict is shown by Homer Barron's not being "a marrying man"?
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external conflict between Homer and Miss Emily
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In "A Rose for Emily," why did the ladies of Jefferson force the minister to call on Emily?
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Emily was becoming a disgrace and setting a bad example
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How might the result of the minister's visit in "A Rose for Emily" be considered ambiguous?
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the reader knows he refused to go back but can only guess what may have happened
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In "A Rose for Emily," what does the discovery of the body provide in terms of the story's unanswered questions and conflicts?
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a resolution
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What word or words can be best describes used to replace circumvent in this sentence from "A Rose for Emily"? By that time it was a cabal, and we were all Miss Emily's allies to help circumvent the cousins?
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get around
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What is a synonym for encroached?
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intruded
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In Hiroshima what is the main reason John Hersey provides so many details about the activities of people in Hiroshima in the hours before the bomb was dropped?
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to give readers insight into these people's lives, which have been disrupted by the war
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What might you infer about the theme of Hiroshima from the following passage? They still wonder why they lived when so many others died. Each of the them counts many small items of chance or violation--a step taken in time, a decision to go indoors, catching one streetcar instead of the next--that spared him.
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the theme deals with the cruel and random destruction caused by the bomb
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Which of these political assumptions of the World War II era does Hersey most clearly challenge with the details in Hiroshima?
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the Japanese were an inhuman, faceless enemy
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Which of the following images from Hiroshima is ironic?
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there, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books
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In Hiroshima, why does Hersey repeatedly describe the moment of the bomb's explosion, each time from a different person's perspective?
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so that readers can understand the terror felt by individuals at that moment
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Which view of modern warfare do both Hiroshima and "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" most clearly express?
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indignation at the indifference to individual human lives
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In the following line from "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner," what key aspect of the poem does "the State" symbolize or represent? From my mother's sleep I fell into the State
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the government and the whole machinery of war
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In "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner," what woke the speaker when he was six miles from earth?
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enemy antiaircraft fire
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In "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner," to what does the gunner compare the ball turret in which he sits?
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a womb
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In "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner," why is it thematically significant that Jarrell chose to write from the perspective of a ball turret gunner rather than that of any other type of soldier?
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the gunner's position in an unprotected glass sphere visible to the enemy represents the State's indifference to his survival
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What does Jarrell want to suggest with this line from "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner"? When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose
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the careless treatment of the gunner's remains reflects the State's indifference
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When Mr. Shiftlet meets Mrs. Crater and her daughter in "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," the author's description of him suggests that he is most interested in the
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car in the yard
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In "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," Mr. Shiftlet's statement that he has "a moral intelligence" is ironic because
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he lacks a sense of morality in everything he does in the story
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Which of these statements made by Mrs. Crater in "The Life You Save may Be Your Own" is the most ironic?
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"And I wouldn't let no man have her but you because I seen you would do right."
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In "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," how are Mrs. Crater and Mr. Shiftlet similar?
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both are shrewd oppurtunists
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In "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," what does Mr. Shiftlet do to earn Mrs. Crater's trust?
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he makes himself useful and teaches Lucynell a word
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In "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," what effect does the wedding have on Mr. Shiftlet?
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he reveals more of his true nature
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What can a reader reasonably conclude about Mrs. Crater based on the following passage from "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"? The old woman watched from a distance, secretly pleased. She was ravenous for a son-in-law.
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she wants Mr. Shiftlet to marry her daughter
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Based on the following passage from "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," what can you conclude has happened? "Give it to her (Lucynell) when she wakes up," Mr. Shiftlet said. "I'll pay for it now." The boy bent over and stared at the long pink-fold hair and the half-shut sleeping eyes. Then he looked up and stared at Mr. Shiftlet. "She looks like an angel of Gawd," he murmured. "Hitchhiker," Mr. Shiftlet explained. "I can't wait. I got to make Tuscaloosa." The boy bent over again and very carefully touched his finger to a strand of the golden hair and Mr. Shiftlet left.
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Mr. Shiftlet has abandoned Lucynell at the diner
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Based on the examples in "The Life You save May Be Your Own," a grotesque character must be
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a character who is twisted or bizarre, such as one who is dominated by an obsession
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In "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," what is Flannery O'Connor suggesting with the name she has chosen for Mr. Shiftlet?
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He is a "shifty," or moody, person with volatile emotions
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In "The Life You Save May Be Your own," what primary obsession makes Mrs. Crater a grotesque character?
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her obsession with marrying off her daughter
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The climax of "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" occurs when Mr.Shiftlet
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leaves Lucynell in the diner
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In "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," which of Lucynell's traits is most significant to both her character and the story's meaning?
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innocence
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At the end of "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," what does the rainstorm symbolize, or represent?
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ironic cleansing
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Which of these familiar moral sayings best fits the events in "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"?
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actions speak louder than words
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In "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," Mrs. Craters home is described as desolate, suggesting that it is
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shabby and isolated
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At the start of "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," the figure walking up the road listed, or
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tilted
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Someone who is morose is
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gloomy
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Someone whose appetite is ravenous most likely
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has not eaten for a very long time
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"Everyday Use" is the story of
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a young woman's return home
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Maggie looks forward to Dee's visit with
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nervousness and awe
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Why is Maggie timid and insecure?
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she was scarred by a fire
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When the author has Maggie repeat the phrase, "Uhnnnh," she characterizes Maggie as
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inarticulate, almost like an animal
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Why doesn't Dee bring her friends home?
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she is ashamed of her poverty
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Which words best describe Wangero?
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stylish and shallow
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The narrator says Dee would prefer her to have "skin like an uncooked barley pancake," meaning
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light in color
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The narrator calls Dee "miss" Wangero to show that Dee is
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arrogant and distant from her
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Why did Dee embrace an African language when she shose a new name for herself--Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo?
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she wants to be closer to her heritage
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What do the specific details in this passage reveal about Maggie? It was Grandma Dee and Big Dee who taught her (Maggie) how to quilt herself. She stood there with her scarred hands hidden in the folds of her skirt. She looked at her sister with something like fear but she wasn't mad at her.
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Maggie accepts the hardships life has handed her
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What do the specific details in this passage reveal about Dee (Wangero)? After dinner Dee (Wangero) went to the trunk at the foot of my bed and started rifling through it... Out cam Wangero with two quilts ... "Mama," Wangero said sweet as a bird. "Can I have these old quilts?"
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Dee brashly goes after what she wants
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What do the specific details in this passage reveal about the narrator's relationship with each of her daughters? I did something I never had done before: hugged Maggie to me, then dragged her on into the room , snatched the quilts out of miss Wangero's hands and dumped them into Maggie's lap.
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the narrator loves Maggie's faith and is brave enough herself to challenge Dee's bossy, spoiled behavior
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How does the author of "Everyday Use" show that language is an important part of Dee's personality?
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she loves to read
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Who gets to keep the quilts at the end of "Everyday use"?
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Maggie
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The word doctrines mean ____
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beliefs or rules that are taught
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What does the word furtive mean in the following sentence? The boys were furtive, hiding in the bushes, when they came around looking for Dee.
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sneaky
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Which of the following transitional expressions would best join these two independent clauses? Dee is dismissive of her family. Her comments about her sister are cruel.
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in fact
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"one Day, Now Broken in Two" is an example of
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a comparison-and contrast essay
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Quindlen's essay is mainly about
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how the writer has come to terms with conflicting feelings about events occurring on September 11
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Quindlen writes that two police officers, after seeing her son's birth date on his driver's license, both gave him a warning instead of a ticket. Why?
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they had sympathy for him because he was born on September 11
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What does Quindlen's essay imply about the effect of everyday routines on a bad experience?
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they lessen its impact by keeping our minds on other things
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When Quindlen writes "Slowly the planes filled up again," to what historical occurrence is she alluding?
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the airlines were shut down immediately after the 9-11 attacks
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According to Quindlen, what world view is held by the realists among us?
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the world is a mixture of goodness and evil
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In writing that the hijackers came from "a country of rubble and caves and desperate want," what does Quindlen imply about their motives?
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living in pverty, the hijackers despised America as a place of decadent prosperity
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What contrast does Quindlen suggest in saying that we are "obsessed about the stock market in lieu of soul-searching"?
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we care more about money than about spiritual values
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Quindlen writes: "Time passed. The blade dulled. The edges softened." These metaphors mean that
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the keenness of our grieving lessened
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In supporting her theme, of what use does Quindlen put a bowl she once mended?
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she compares it to knowledge of a tragic event that will never go away
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In quoting from the primary source of of Bruce Springsteen's song, Quindlen shows
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people's feelings and questions in the aftermath of 9-11
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To induce is the OPPOSITE of
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to prevent
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Mundane is to monstrous as boring is to
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horrifying
