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| Who is the author of An American Childhood? |
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| Who is the author of An Hour with Abuelo? |
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| Who is the author of The White Umbrella? |
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| Who is the author of The Golden Kite, Silver Wind? |
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| Who is the author of A Defenseless Creature? |
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| What was your impression of the solution for the two town's rivalry? |
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| Why are both towns surrounded by walls? |
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| To keep out the intruders and to show the boundries of the town. |
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| Why do the towns keep rebuilding these walls? |
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| To show their dominate power over the other. |
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| How was the town's rivalry resolved? |
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| The Mandarin became a Golden Kite and Kwan Si became Silver Wind. |
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| Why do you think Mandarin was willing to listen to his daughter's advice? |
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| She was helpful and wise and he had no ideas. |
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| Why do you think none of the characters in this story have a name? |
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| Because they all are ruled by evil seekers so they don't have names. |
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| What were your feelings about the characters at the end of the play? |
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| What is the matter with Kistonov's foot? |
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| What does Mrs. Schukin do when she jumps on Kistunov's desk? |
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| What does Mrs. Schukin ask for when she leaves? |
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| She wanted 24 rubles, 30 Kopecks, and a letter of recommendation. |
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| an attendant who performs nonmedical tasks in a hospital or similar institution |
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| a paperlike writing material made from the skins of sheep or goats |
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| to guide or direct through a series of movements |
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| When has Arturo visited his grandfather in the past? |
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| What were Arturo's two ambitions? |
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| What does Abuelo say with a wicked smile to Arturo at the visit? |
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| Look at your watch your time is over. |
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| How does Arturo's understanding of his grandfather change during his visit? |
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| Arturo find a nursing home depressing and is more interested in reading to the english class he wants to get into. |
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| What do the sisters promise not to tell at the beginning of the story? |
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| They promised not to tell that their mother had a job. |
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| What does the narrator do with the white umbrella at the end of the story? |
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| Throws it down the sewer. |
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| What does the umbrella mean to the narrator? |
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| It represents a way to fit in and become American. |
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| having a shape of a round ball |
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| more than what is necessary |
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| WHy did the man chase Dillard and her friends? |
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| They threw snowballs at his cheap car's windshield. |
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| He was skinny, furious, red hair, and determined. |
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| What happened when he caught up to them? |
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| He yelled and scolded them. |
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| Why do you think Dillard chose to write about her childhood memory? |
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| It was the best moments of her boring life. |
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| to put out, to extinguish |
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| to reject or turn down scornfully |
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