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    book review
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  • Who is the author of the book?
    Christine Morning
    Christine Evening
    Christine Night
    Christine Day
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  • What is the opposite of the word "flimsy"?
    not hard
    easily broken
    brittle
    stiff
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  • Which word has the following definition, " unconvincing, lacking plausibility?"
    Flimsy
    credible
    likely
    substantial
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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?
    Edith had agreed to giving up her baby for adoption
    Edith died giving birth
    Her mother was unmarried native and uncle had a record
    Edie's mom had a birth defect
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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 being hunted by another animal
    A bird that doesn't lay eggs
    A bird that hunts other animals for food
    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
    Edie Miller
    Serenity
    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?
    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 is a vet and takes care of sick animals
    He's a chef
    He is a fisherman
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  • What happened to Edith and Uncle Theo?
    They live to be very old
    They both die young
    They are still alive
    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 has always been people in America, Native Americans
    the west is a wild and scary place
    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 Ours
    When the west was Won
    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?"
    my rhythm
    a rhythm
    arrhythmia
    off-beat
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  • Why did Edie and her mom get into an argument at the Cinema?
    Edie wanted popcorn and her mom wouldn't buy it
    Edie's mom had to go to the bathroom
    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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