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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 Morning
    Christine Day
    Christine Night
    Christine Evening
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  • What is the opposite of the word "flimsy"?
    brittle
    easily broken
    not hard
    stiff
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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
    the film industry and Hollywood
    playing legos with friends
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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
    Edith had agreed to giving up her baby for adoption
    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?
    onomotopoeia
    personification
    simile
    metaphor
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  • What is a bird of prey?
    A bird that is being hunted by another animal
    A bird that hunts other animals for food
    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?
    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?
    Edie's mom was worried about her teeth
    Edie's dad broke a tooth on a bone
    Edie thought after the braces she might not smile the same
    Uncle Phil's duck smiled at him
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  • What is uncle Phil's job?
    He is a fisherman
    He is a vet and takes care of sick animals
    He works in ecological restoration
    He's a chef
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  • What happened to Edith and Uncle Theo?
    They move to Los Angelas and begin a movie career
    They both die young
    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?
    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 when people could tell directions
    time before navigation systems
    A time before maps
    A time before the compass
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  • Which words means, "irregular heart beat and rhythm?"
    a rhythm
    off-beat
    arrhythmia
    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
    They couldn't decide on which candy to buy
    Edie saw a poster with Native and wanted to see that movie
    Edie wanted popcorn and her mom wouldn't buy it
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