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    book review
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  • Who is the author of the book?
    Christine Morning
    Christine Evening
    Christine Day
    Christine Night
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  • What is the opposite of the word "flimsy"?
    not hard
    easily broken
    stiff
    brittle
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  • Which word has the following definition, " unconvincing, lacking plausibility?"
    substantial
    credible
    likely
    Flimsy
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  • What situation would be best described as "cutthroat?"
    playing legos with friends
    Playing Minecraft on Nintendo Switch
    buying a baguette on Tuesday morning
    the film industry and Hollywood
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  • Why did the government remove Edie's mom from her family and send her to an orphanage?
    Edie's mom had a birth defect
    Her mother was unmarried native and uncle had a record
    Edith had agreed to giving up her baby for adoption
    Edith died giving birth
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  • "silence swoops down over the room like a bird of prey." What figurative language is in use?
    simile
    metaphor
    onomotopoeia
    personification
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  • What is a bird of prey?
    A bird that hunts other animals for food
    A bird that doesn't lay eggs
    A bird that is being hunted by another animal
    A bird that is relgious
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  • "Smiles aren't beautiful because of teeth. Smiles are beautiful because of a person's spirit." Who says this?
    Lisa Miller
    Edith Grahman
    Serenity
    Edie Miller
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  • "Smiles aren't beautiful because of teeth. Smiles are beautiful because of a person's spirit." Why was this spoken in the book? what was the context?
    Uncle Phil's duck smiled at him
    Edie's mom was worried about her teeth
    Edie thought after the braces she might not smile the same
    Edie's dad broke a tooth on a bone
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  • What is uncle Phil's job?
    He works in ecological restoration
    He's a chef
    He is a fisherman
    He is a vet and takes care of sick animals
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  • What happened to Edith and Uncle Theo?
    They both die young
    They are still alive
    They move to Los Angelas and begin a movie career
    They live to be very old
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  • Edie's mom states, "The American West has never been an empty wilderness." what does she mean?
    the west is a wild and scary place
    There has always been people in America, Native Americans
    There is no place to go in the wilderness
    emptiness is in the heart
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  • What was the name of the movie Edith had speaking parts in?
    When the west was Won
    When the West was Ours
    When the west was Theirs
    When the West met East
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  • What is pre-GPS?
    A time before the compass
    A time before maps
    A time when people could tell directions
    time before navigation systems
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  • Which words means, "irregular heart beat and rhythm?"
    arrhythmia
    a rhythm
    off-beat
    my rhythm
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  • Why did Edie and her mom get into an argument at the Cinema?
    Edie's mom had to go to the bathroom
    They couldn't decide on which candy to buy
    Edie wanted popcorn and her mom wouldn't buy it
    Edie saw a poster with Native and wanted to see that movie
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