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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"?
    brittle
    easily broken
    stiff
    not hard
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  • Which word has the following definition, " unconvincing, lacking plausibility?"
    credible
    likely
    substantial
    Flimsy
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  • What situation would be best described as "cutthroat?"
    playing legos with friends
    the film industry and Hollywood
    buying a baguette on Tuesday morning
    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?
    Edie's mom had a birth defect
    Her mother was unmarried native and uncle had a record
    Edith died giving birth
    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
    onomotopoeia
    simile
    metaphor
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  • What is a bird of prey?
    A bird that hunts other animals for food
    A bird that is being hunted by another animal
    A bird that doesn't lay eggs
    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?
    Serenity
    Edith Grahman
    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 thought after the braces she might not smile the same
    Edie's dad broke a tooth on a bone
    Edie's mom was worried about her teeth
    Uncle Phil's duck smiled at him
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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 works in ecological restoration
    He is a fisherman
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  • What happened to Edith and Uncle Theo?
    They move to Los Angelas and begin a movie career
    They live to be very old
    They are still alive
    They both die young
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  • Edie's mom states, "The American West has never been an empty wilderness." what does she mean?
    There is no place to go in the wilderness
    There has always been people in America, Native Americans
    the west is a wild and scary place
    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 Ours
    When the west was Won
    When the West met East
    When the west was Theirs
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  • What is pre-GPS?
    time before navigation systems
    A time when people could tell directions
    A time before maps
    A time before the compass
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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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