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I can make this promise

  •  English    101     Public
    book review
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  • Who is the author of the book?
    Christine Evening
    Christine Morning
    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?"
    likely
    substantial
    Flimsy
    credible
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  • What situation would be best described as "cutthroat?"
    the film industry and Hollywood
    buying a baguette on Tuesday morning
    playing legos with friends
    Playing Minecraft on Nintendo Switch
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  • Why did the government remove Edie's mom from her family and send her to an orphanage?
    Edith died giving birth
    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
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  • "silence swoops down over the room like a bird of prey." What figurative language is in use?
    simile
    metaphor
    personification
    onomotopoeia
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  • What is a bird of prey?
    A bird that is being hunted by another animal
    A bird that is relgious
    A bird that doesn't lay eggs
    A bird that hunts other animals for food
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  • "Smiles aren't beautiful because of teeth. Smiles are beautiful because of a person's spirit." Who says this?
    Edie Miller
    Serenity
    Edith Grahman
    Lisa 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 dad broke a tooth on a bone
    Edie thought after the braces she might not smile the same
    Edie's mom was worried about her teeth
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  • What is uncle Phil's job?
    He's a chef
    He is a vet and takes care of sick animals
    He is a fisherman
    He works in ecological restoration
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  • What happened to Edith and Uncle Theo?
    They both die young
    They move to Los Angelas and begin a movie career
    They are still alive
    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
    emptiness is in the heart
    There is no place to go in the wilderness
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  • What was the name of the movie Edith had speaking parts in?
    When the West met East
    When the west was Won
    When the west was Theirs
    When the West was Ours
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  • What is pre-GPS?
    A time before maps
    time before navigation systems
    A time before the compass
    A time when people could tell directions
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  • Which words means, "irregular heart beat and rhythm?"
    a rhythm
    arrhythmia
    off-beat
    my rhythm
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  • Why did Edie and her mom get into an argument at the Cinema?
    Edie saw a poster with Native and wanted to see that movie
    Edie wanted popcorn and her mom wouldn't buy it
    Edie's mom had to go to the bathroom
    They couldn't decide on which candy to buy
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