Which of the vocabulary words is defined as ‘small metal pieces that scatter from an exploding bomb or mine’?
‘Shrapnel’.
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How was Marie Colvin’s experience at war important to the news and the reporting ambit?
She reported what happened in reality at the war scenes with no filter, providing truthful information of what she saw herself.
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Why was Marie giving her speech to the king and queen of England?
Because they were people who had influence power.
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What was Marie’s opinion toward the news big corporations provided?
She thought that the reporting brought to the public by big corporations were untruthful and filtered since the news corporation was “biased” to specific groups
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What did the first war correspondent take with him to report about the Crimean conflict?
A telescope, a notebook and “an open mind”.
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What is a possible synonym of the word “archaic”?
“Outdated”, “old”.
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What was Gabriel and his mom’s reaction or feelings at seeing Vita in Aracataca, and her not recognizing nor looking at them?
They felt a slight pang of sadness at the fact that, in their own words, she didn’t even “deign” to take a look at them.
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What did Gabriel think about the thief’s mother?
He thought that she was brave.
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Infering from the text, what was Gabriel’s mom’s feeling as they passed by places she had been at before?
She felt nostalgic as she remembered old memories of those places.
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What was the question that Gabriel’s grandfather asked Maria Consuegra that led her to understand the seriousness of the situation?