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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

How does Chapter 18's shift in perspective-from the boys on the island to the villagers in St. Petersburg-create dramatic irony? Why do you think Twain made this choice?

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The Lost Boy

Where do Peter and his two brothers finally settle into an apartment and begin their new life in America?

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Why doesn't Stacey lash out at T.J. for bragging about his coat

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

Where does Karana think Ramo is when she boards the ship?

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Hatchet

Chapter 10

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War Horse

How did Rudi describe Topthorn?

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The Hobbit

How is Bilbo able to sneak up on his party?

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Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

How is Connie characterized in the first few pages of the story, and how is this characterization important in the events that follow?

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The Most Dangerous Game

How does Rainsford's attitude towards hunting change during the story? What changes it?

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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

What is Thoreau's issue with his friends and neighbors who paid the yearly poll tax?

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The Patronus charm worked by---?

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Leviathan

In the context of this text, which is more important: freedom or security? According to Hobbes, are both possible?

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Esperanza Rising

What does Esperanza ask Josephine for?

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A Long Way Gone

How does Ishmael Beah live in THREE worlds- his dreams, his new life, and his past memories.

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

This story is notable for its use of a "frame device": in this case, an outside narrator-he gives the stage, so to speak, to a character who as actually present when the train wrecked-who then reappears at the end. Why is this device effective? What would

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The Clash of Civilizations

Cleft country & its contextualization with India

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The Battle of Maldon

What Anglo-Saxon values are reflected in the passage from "The Battle of Maldon"?

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Z For Zachariah

How might the killing of Edward be seen as self defense?

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A Single Shard

A Single Shard

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Divergent

Your personal opinion about Divergent.

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Mythology

What is a theme for the myth Osiris and Isis?

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The Devil's Arithmetic

Where does smchuell die in the story

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Why isn’t Bruno afraid of Lieutenant Kotler at first? Use evidence from the text to support your response.

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A Long Walk to Water

Foreshadowing a writer gives an advance hint of what to come later in the story

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