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Through the Tunnel
-During their vacation, Jerry's mother is concerned about? |
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| Being overly protective of her son. |
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Through the Tunnel
-Clowning around and making faces at the older boys makes Jerry feel? |
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Through the Tunnel
-Jerry's main goal in swimming through the tunnel is to prove something to? |
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Through the Tunnel
-In order to prepare for the challenge he faces, Jerry spends days working on increasing? |
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| The ability to hold his breath. |
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Through the Tunnel
-Jerry rejects the idea of waiting another year, or even another day, to attempt his swim because he realizes that? |
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| If he gives into fear now, he will give in later. |
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Through the Tunnel
-Where would Jerry like to go rather than the beach? |
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-How does Jerry's mother feel when she agrees to let him go? |
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| She's being over protective. |
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Through the Tunnel
-How are the boys on the rocks different from Jerry? |
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Through the Tunnel
-After that first day alone on the rocks, what does Jerry tell his mother when he sees her again? |
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| He needs goggles to go underwater. |
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-What happens after Jerry Decides to wait another year before trying to swim through the tunnel? |
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| He thinks that if he doesn't do it now then he never will. |
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The False Gems
- During is first marriage, Monsieur Lantin believes that the couple lives well because his wife? |
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| Gets special prices from shopkeepers and merchants |
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The False Gems
- The major reason that Monsieur Lantin decides to sell an item of his wife's jewelry is because? |
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| He is in desperate need of money. |
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The False Gems
- When he realizes that the gems are real, Monsieur Lantin's first reaction is? |
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| Confusion about how this can be. |
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The False Gems
- After sellings the gems, Monsieur Lantins does all of the following |
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| brag about his wealth, exaggerate his wealth, and spend money on luxuries |
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The False Gems
- To what, besides jewelry, do you think the title of this story might refer? |
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| His wife was falsely perfect, Monsieur Lantin considered her to be a "gem" but in the end she was a liar and a cheater. |
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The False Gems
- What qualities does Monsieur Lantin admire and love his wife? |
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The False Gems
- With what "weaknesses" in his wife does he find fault? |
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The False Gems
- What does he learn from the jewelers to whom he takes his wife's false gems? |
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The False Gems
- How does Monsieur Lantin's life change after he sells the gems? |
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| He is rich, finds another woman and marries her. |
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The False Gems
-What happened to Monsieur Lantin when his wife dies? |
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A Sound of Thunder
- Time safari hunts animals that are about to die anyways because? |
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| Killing those animals is least likely to affect history. |
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A Sound of Thunder
- At what point is Eckels convinced that the Tyrannosaurus cannot be killed? |
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| When Eckles sees the dinosaur the first time. |
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A Sound of Thunder
-Travis insists that Eckels retrieve the bullets because? |
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| Travis is angry and wants Eckels to suffer. |
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A Sound of Thunder
-Lesperance, Travis's assistant, seems to think that Travis's treatment of Eckels is? |
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A Sound of Thunder
-The final sound of thunder that Eckels hears is from the sound of? |
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| A gun being shot in the present |
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A Sound of Thunder
-When does Eckels take full responsibility for the effects of his actions? |
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A Sound of Thunder
-What did Eckels pay ten thousand dollars to do? |
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A Sound of Thunder
- How was the hunt that was planned possible? |
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A Sound of Thunder
- Why was it important to stay on the path? |
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| It wouldn't mess up the future. |
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A Sound of Thunder
- What did Eckels do? |
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A Sound of Thunder
- What happened as a result of Eckel's actions? |
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An Astrologer's Day
-According to the narrator, the astrologer's success in his profession is primarily due to? |
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| his understanding of people. |
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An Astrologer's Day
-The story suggests that the astrologer's comments and observations please people by? |
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| Flattering them or supporting their own views. |
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An Astrologer's Day
- Why is Guru Nayak looking for the man who tried to kill him? |
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An Astrologer's Day
-The astrologer's remarks make Guru Nayak feel all of the following |
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| relieved, impressed, and disappointed |
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An Astrologer's Day
-Which of the following quotations is a clue to the surprise ending? |
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| "He had to leave home without telling anyone, and he could not rest until he left it behind a couple of hundred miles" |
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