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I can make this promise

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    book review
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  • Who is the author of the book?
    Christine Night
    Christine Day
    Christine Evening
    Christine Morning
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  • What is the opposite of the word "flimsy"?
    brittle
    not hard
    easily broken
    stiff
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  • Which word has the following definition, " unconvincing, lacking plausibility?"
    credible
    substantial
    likely
    Flimsy
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  • What situation would be best described as "cutthroat?"
    the film industry and Hollywood
    Playing Minecraft on Nintendo Switch
    playing legos with friends
    buying a baguette on Tuesday morning
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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
    onomotopoeia
    metaphor
    personification
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  • What is a bird of prey?
    A bird that is relgious
    A bird that doesn't lay eggs
    A bird that is being hunted by another animal
    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
    Lisa Miller
    Edith Grahman
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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's dad broke a tooth on a bone
    Edie thought after the braces she might not smile the same
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  • What is uncle Phil's job?
    He's a chef
    He is a fisherman
    He is a vet and takes care of sick animals
    He works in ecological restoration
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  • What happened to Edith and Uncle Theo?
    They live to be very old
    They are still alive
    They both die young
    They move to Los Angelas and begin a movie career
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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
    emptiness is in the heart
    There has always been people in America, Native Americans
    the west is a wild and scary place
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  • What was the name of the movie Edith had speaking parts in?
    When the west was Won
    When the West met East
    When the West was Ours
    When the west was Theirs
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  • What is pre-GPS?
    A time before the compass
    A time before maps
    time before navigation systems
    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's mom had to go to the bathroom
    Edie wanted popcorn and her mom wouldn't buy it
    Edie saw a poster with Native and wanted to see that movie
    They couldn't decide on which candy to buy
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