staying fat for Sarah Byrnes – Flashcards
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briefly describe Eric calhoune
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big guy, swimmer, people call him Moby, 17 years old in high school
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what's Eric's nickname
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Moby he can hold his breath for a very long time when he swims
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what does Eric know about his father?
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he is a college professor somewhere big fat large guy
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according to Sarah, how was she scarred?
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she spilled pot of spaghetti on her face when she was younger
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why is Sarah in the hospital now?
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she is catatonic, completely unresponsive
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what happened when dale Thornton bullied Sarah Byrne's?
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Sarah fought back got punched in the face multiple times
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what is "crispy pork rinds"
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secret newspaper crispy is Sarah, pork is Eric, and rinds is what's left over
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how does Eric know ms lemry
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she is his swim coach and a English teacher
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what is the "Christian cruiser"
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pale blue 1973 Pontiac station wagon with things that say bad things about Christianity
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describe mark Brittan what do Eric and ellerby find annoying about him
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member of swim team, a christens has very strong beliefs on god and opinions
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how do Eric and ellerby gang up against mark at swim practice ?
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bug mark praying's for god to swim the laps for him because he's so religious
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why does Sam want to know about Sarah's father? why does Eric think Sarah's father is mean?
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who he is, thinks her father did something to her face
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who is dale Thornton? d
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bullies Eric and Sarah by calling her Scarface and by calling Eric fat all the time
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Ch. 4 how did Sarah try to protect Eric from dale
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put Eric in a box saying it was a science fair project and that it was fragile in or to trick dale in thinking it wasn't Eric
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why did dale beat up Eric?
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Eric wrote a mean article in the paper about dale
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Ch. 5&6 why did Eric and Sarah ask dale to be on the "crispy pork rinds" staff?
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he would protect them,
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what did dale get out of being on "crispy pork rinds"
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dale wasn't made fun of anymore
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what are two reasons Eric liked CAT class?
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Judy his "love" was in the class he liked the class, and had one teacher in the class who actually respected him
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briefly summarize ellerbys beliefs about religion
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that god sees everything "from a distance" and explains why bad things can happen to good people, he is always questioning god
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what do you learn about ellerbys brother
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he died in college trying to become a priest
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why did dale and Sarah argue about her spaghetti story
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dale was beginning to think she was faking and it wasn't ever true
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why did Eric eat more than usual the first year on the swim team
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he was afraid Sarah and him wouldn't be friends anymore because he wouldn't be fat anymore
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why did eric go to see dale after such a long time?
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to find out the answers to Sarah Byrne's burns from the story were actually true
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who asked to drop ms lemrys class and what was her response to Brittan
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she said yes to Brittan but no to Jody because she thought Jody was just dropping it so she would still be in the class with Brittan
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what note did Jody pass to Eric?
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asked for his phone number says 1-800-fat boy doesn't have enough digits to be a real phone # please advise..
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what did Sarah tell dale about her father
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her dad pushed her face into a burning wood stove
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how did dale stop Sarah from killing herself
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he talked her out of it
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what topic did ms lemry raise for discussion
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opinions on the topic of abortion
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what did Jody propose to Eric after class?
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to go get a burger with her after swim practice
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why do you think Sarah has decided to talk again?
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to stay away from her dad at home and be safe
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what were the real things that made Sarah get her burns
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her parents were fighting and he dad tried to kill her mom and her dad grabbed Sarah and put her face on the wood burning stove
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what personal details did Jody share with Eric
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that Jody had a abortion, and mark is actually a terrible and she hates him
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Vocab sincere and honest
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bonafide
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huge
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massive
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first one
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prototype
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relating the sense of smell
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offactory
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situation w "bad" choices
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dilemma
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not working the right way
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dysfunctional
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emotionally unstable
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tempestuous
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to support or follow something
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adhere
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can not miss
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mandatory
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immoral/ dishonesty
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corrupt
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not give up
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tenacity
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causiously alert for problems
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warily
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trance like state
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catatonia
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secret or concealed
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clandestine
