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  •  English    101     Public
    book review
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  • Who is the author of the book?
    Christine Night
    Christine Morning
    Christine Evening
    Christine Day
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  • What is the opposite of the word "flimsy"?
    brittle
    stiff
    not hard
    easily broken
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  • Which word has the following definition, " unconvincing, lacking plausibility?"
    credible
    Flimsy
    likely
    substantial
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  • What situation would be best described as "cutthroat?"
    buying a baguette on Tuesday morning
    Playing Minecraft on Nintendo Switch
    playing legos with friends
    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?
    Edith died giving birth
    Her mother was unmarried native and uncle had a record
    Edie's mom had a birth defect
    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?
    personification
    simile
    onomotopoeia
    metaphor
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  • What is a bird of prey?
    A bird that hunts other animals for food
    A bird that is relgious
    A bird that doesn't lay eggs
    A bird that is being hunted by another animal
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  • "Smiles aren't beautiful because of teeth. Smiles are beautiful because of a person's spirit." Who says this?
    Edith Grahman
    Serenity
    Lisa Miller
    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?
    Edie's mom was worried about her teeth
    Uncle Phil's duck smiled at him
    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 is a vet and takes care of sick animals
    He's a chef
    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 live to be very old
    They are still alive
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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
    emptiness is in the heart
    There has always been people in America, Native Americans
    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 was Theirs
    When the West was Ours
    When the west was Won
    When the West met East
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  • What is pre-GPS?
    A time before maps
    A time before the compass
    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
    my rhythm
    off-beat
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  • Why did Edie and her mom get into an argument at the Cinema?
    They couldn't decide on which candy to buy
    Edie saw a poster with Native and wanted to see that movie
    Edie's mom had to go to the bathroom
    Edie wanted popcorn and her mom wouldn't buy it
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