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| After riding for some time in the rain, what does Marion order the girls to do in order to warm up? |
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| Get down off the horses and walk. |
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| After Sallie and Maude were in Independence, Maude told Sallie to say their name was what, if anyone should ask? |
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| At the beginning of the story, how long had Maude and Sallie been orphans? |
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| Ben Chaplin told Maude that they were how far from Independence? |
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| From what did Maude and Sallie's parents die? |
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| She was shot by a stray bullet. |
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| A stray bullet hit her in the heart and killed her |
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| How did Marion get out of jail? |
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| He escaped. He waited for everyone to be asleep and he jimmied/picked the lock and snuck out. |
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| How did Maude and Sallie disguise themselves when they ran away? |
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| They cut their hair off, wore pants & hats - they tried their best to look like boys. |
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| How did Maude and Sallie manage to get in their house to retrieve their belongings after the bank foreclosed on it? |
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| Sallie broke a window with a rock and climbed in. |
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| How did Maude and Sallie stay warm during a snow storm? |
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| they piled snow around themselves |
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| How did Maude destroy the newspaper she found with the first story about her? |
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| How did the girls help Cleomie right after they found her? |
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| They tended to her animals. |
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| How do the girls discover that Reverend Peasley is searching for them? |
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| The find a newspaper with an article about Maude stealing his horses. |
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| How does Joe get a fire going in the rain? |
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| How does Maude feel about dime novels? |
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| She doesn't like them. "Maude thought dimers were a waste of learning how to read." |
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| How far away from the livery did Uncle Arlen live? |
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| How many arrows did the Indians shoot in Uncle Arlen's back? |
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| How many children did Reverend Peasley and his wife have? |
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| How much did Marion, Maude, and Sallie pay to sleep on the floor of a bootmaker's shop? |
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| How much did Mauda and Sallie have to pay for the horse from Ben Chaplin? |
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| In what did Sallie wrap the eggs to take on the trip? |
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| mismatched socks from the poor collection |
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| In what way did Marion look different when Maude and Sallie met up with him a few days after the bank robbery? |
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| he had shaved off his beard |
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| Kitty shampooed Maude's hair and turned it what color? |
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| Maude and Sallie decided to rejoin Marion after he parted ways with them - when they returned to find him, what did they walk in on? |
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| Maude shot a mountain lion through what part of its body? |
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| Maude told Joe Hardin that her name was Johnnie and she told him Sallie's name was what. |
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| Name 2 very important items that they didn't have anymore after the bank robbery. |
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| possible answers: food, pots and pans, blankets, change of clothes, hats. |
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| Sallie grabbed a stack of Aunt Ruthie's letters when she last left the house. Who wrote the letters? |
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| Sallie told Marion that now Maude was going to be a girl again , she was going to use what name? |
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| Sallie went to make the children's beds one morning, only to find they were covered with _________. |
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| The brand on the rump of the horse that Sallie was riding made the lawman think that she worked at whose ranch? |
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| To what state did Willie want to take his gang? |
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| To whom did Sallie and Maude write a letter, telling everything that had happened to them? |
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| What did Arlen Waters say that most folks called him? |
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| What did Ben give Joe to help him sleep after he was stitched up? |
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| What did Ben give Maude and Sallie when they left ? |
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| What did Joe Hardin tell Maude his name was? |
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| What did Maude and Sallie give to the two girls having a tea party? |
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| What did Maude and Sallie see that told them they were close to Independence? |
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| What did Maude and Sallie steal when they ran away from the bank robbery? |
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| What did Maude decide to do when she decided she couldn't say yes to marrying Mr. Wilburn? |
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| She decided to run off out west. |
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| What did Maude eat to stave off a cough? |
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| What did Maude notice was not right when they rode up to Cleomie's house? |
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| What did Maude want to do with the bank robbery money so they could live good lives? |
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| What did Mr. Wilburn buy Maude as a wedding gift? |
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| He bought her house back from the bank. |
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| What did Mr. Wilburn offer Maude when he asked her to marry him? |
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| What did Sallie and Maude have a disagreement over at the beginning of the book to cause them to "squabble with Maude all Day?" |
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| Maude ate Sallie's biscuit with jelly that she had left over from breakfast. |
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| What did Sallie feed to dog they came upon the first night of their journey? |
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| What did Sallie find in the saddlebag of the stolen horse that made her happy? |
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| What did the fancy lettering painted on the window of the hatmaker's shop read? |
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| What did the girls steal from Reverend Peasley to use as their transportation? |
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| 2 horses (the buggy pony and the plow horse) |
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| What did the Toleridge boy want from Maude? |
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| What did Uncle Arlen's friends call him because he didn't duck when he was being shot at with arrows? |
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| What didn't Maude like Sallie to read? |
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| What essential item did the girls forget to pack for their long trip west? |
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| What Indian trick did Joe Hardin show Maude and Sallie the first night they met up? |
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| how to tie the horses so they could only take small steps |
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| What is a "bump on the flat?" |
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| Something you can see in the distance (such as a house) but it's too far away to make it out. |
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| A "dimestore novel"/fiction paperback book |
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| What is the exact date Aunt Ruthie died? |
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| What is the name of the hotel where Maude and Sallie met Kitty? |
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| What is Uncle Arlen's nickname? |
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| What job did Maude get in Independence? |
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| What kind of candy was Aunt Ruthie fond of? |
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| What made the Reverend suspicious when he visited Cleomie? |
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| the horses; Cleomie didn't own horses |
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| What part of Joe's body was shot off? |
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| What reason did Sallie give for not joining Willie's gang? |
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| her family needed the money she made working for Ben |
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| What type of work was Maude assigned in the Peasley household?> |
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| Washing/cooking/anything that required standing up. |
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| What upset Sallie the most about the article? |
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| It only mentioned Maude's name and not hers. |
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| What was Aunt Ruthie's chosen career? |
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| What was Joe Hardin shooting at when he accidentally shot Maude and Sallie's aunt? |
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| What was Marion doing when Maude and Sallie returned to Des Moines? |
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| What was Marion listening for when he put his ear to the ground? |
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| What was on the rag that Marion gave to Maude to wrap around her throat to help her sore throat and cough? |
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| What was Sallie's full name? |
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| What was the Indian trick called in which horses feet were tied together so they could still graze but not wander away? |
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| What was the name of the lively tune about 3 crows sitting on a tree? |
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| What was the name of the Reverend Peasley's pony that Maude and Sallie stole? |
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| What was written on the sign nailed to the door when the girls returned home after their aunt died? |
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| First Bank of Cedar Rapids- Foreclosed |
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| What was wrong with Cleomie? |
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| She believed she had influenza (the flu) |
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| What were the first names of the hired hands at Ben Chaplin's place? |
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| What were the two little girls doing when Maude and Sallie heard high girlish laughter and looked behind the blueberry bushes? |
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| When Maude and Sallie reached Independence, who were they looking for? |
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| When Ruthie and Sallie were "fresh out of family," who did they turn to? |
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| Their minister (Reverend Peasley). |
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| When Sallie opened the door of the abandoned cabin, what was outside next to the goat? |
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| When Sallie saw Marion with his beard shaved off, who did he remind her of? |
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| The Joe Harden she used to see on the dimer covers. |
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| When the girls came upon the big white house, what did they think was odd? |
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| There was no wood smoke & it was cold outside. |
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| When the girls stopped for their first overnight rest, what did they do as an extra precaution to not lose their horses? |
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| They tied them to their ankles with a piece of clothesline. |
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| Where did Aunt Ruthie keep the egg money? |
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| Where did Maude tell Ben Chaplin they were headed? |
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| Where did Reverend Peasley take Maude and Sallie right after Aunt Ruthie was killed? |
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| To Mrs. Golightly's' house |
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| Where did Sallie recognize the name of Joe Hardin from? |
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| From a dimer/dime store novel |
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| Where did the bullet hit the mountain lion that Maude killed? |
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| Where does Sallie first find out about Joe Harden |
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| From a dimer/dime store novel |
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| Whey does Mr. Wilburn shower Maude with gifts? |
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| Which one of Ben Chaplin's hired hands got his little toe shot off? |
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| Who bought Maude's house? |
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| Who did Sallie see in the jail that had been arrested for her aunt's murder? |
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| Who does Marion think writes the Joe Harden dimers? |
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| a newspaper fellow he met |
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| Who gave Maude and Sallie a horse ? |
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| Who gave Maude and Sallie a mule to take to the trader? |
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| Who got shot full of arrows? |
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| Who had written the letters to Aunt Ruthie that Sallie found? |
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| Who helped Maude look like a girl again? |
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| Who surprises Maude and Sallie as they hid away from the rain one night in a makeshift shelter? |
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| A man who calls himself Joe Hardin (but he turns out to be Marion Hardly) |
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| Who took care of Maude and Sallie after their parents died? |
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| Who was already staying with Ben Chaplin when Maude and Sallie arrived? |
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| Who was rumored to have shot Aunt Ruthie? |
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| Who was the leader of the gang that broke into Ben Chaplin's place? |
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| Who was the young man that tried calling on Maude while she lived with Reverend Peasley? |
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| Why did Marion go by the name Joe Hardin? |
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| He didn't think he'd last long with a name like Marion Hardly. |
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| Why did Maude not want to follow behind Goldie and Sallie? |
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| Goldie was gassy and smelled |
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| Why did Sallie and Maude not have any supplies when they left town after the bank robbery? |
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| they left town on stolen horses, not their horses |
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| Why did Sallie cut patches out of her old dresses? |
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| Because they were made by her mother but she didn't have room to pack them and bring them with her. |
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| Why didn't the girls want to stay with Mrs. Golightly? |
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| Why do Sallie and Maude live with their Aunt Ruthie? |
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| Their parents died. ("Maude and me were orphaned when our folks took sick with the fever." |
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| Why does Marion decide he needs a new alias other than Joe Harden? |
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| Because Joe Harden is a wanted man now. |
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| Why was Marion in Cedar Rapids? |
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| he was trying to win money in a card game |
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| Why were the saloons in Independence the most appealing buildings? |
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| because of the way they were painted and decorated |
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| With what 2 things was Cleomie's cheese wrapped? |
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| cheesecloth and newspaper |
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