The Glass Castle

Identify the simile in the section 17 paragraph that begins with, "Mom was swinging...."

Part II: The Desert, Sections 17-19 (p. 67-80)

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Some of the grown-ups called out, worried that Mom might fall, but one group of kids thought Mom looked like a chimpanzee swinging from a tree, and they began making monkey noises and scratching their armpits and laughing.

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The Glass Castle