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| When did the narrator own the jacket that he really didn't like? |
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| He wore it in fifth and sixth grades. |
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| What kind of jacket did the narrator want? |
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| He wanted one like the kind that bikers wear. |
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| How does the narrator describe the color of the jacket? |
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| He said that it was the color of day-old guacamole. |
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| How did the narrator feel when he saw the jacket? |
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| He was so sad that he wanted to cry. |
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| How do we know that the narrator had his old jacket for a very long time? |
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| He said that its sleeves climbed halfway to his elbows. |
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| How do we know that the narrator will have this new jacket, the green one for a very long time? |
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| The coat was very big on him when he first got it. |
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| What did the dog do to the jacket? |
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| How did the jacket supposedly affect his grades at school? |
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| He started getting D's and C's on his quizzes. |
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| What does the narrator think that the teachers on the playground are talking about? |
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| He thought that they were discussing how foolish he looked in his new jacket. |
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| How long did he have the green jacket for? |
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| He wore it for three years. |
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| What did the narrator use to fix the hole in the jacket with? |
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| He repaired it with tape. |
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| What is the nickname that his brother gives him because of the jacket? |
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| He called him "camouflage" |
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| What does the narrator compare the jacket to at the end of the story? |
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| He said that it was like an ugly brother. |
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| What is the theme or main idea of "The Jacket"? |
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| Clothes shouldn't be important, but sometimes they are. |
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| What color was the jacket's lining? |
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| It was yellow on the inside. |
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| What was the narrator's brother like? |
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| What did Frankie T., the playground terrorist, do to the narrator? |
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| He pushed the narrator to the ground and told him to stay there. |
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| What is the narrator's opinion of his mother? |
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| He thinks that she is cheap and has bad taste. |
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| How did the narrator spent a lot of time during the sixth grade? |
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| He spent a lot of time sitting in a tree in an alley. |
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