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Ten Miles One Way, Chapter 8, part 2

Ten Miles One Way, Chapter 8, part 2

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English

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Joan Crist

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24 Slides • 21 Questions

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The Miles One Way, Chapter 8, part 2

by Joan Crist

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The mythical creature that Nest sees as a metaphor for her mental illness:

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Pegasus

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Kraken

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Cyclops

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Chimaera

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What has just happened in the story? Two answers:

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Nest nearly got hit by a car.

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Q stopped walking with her and went home.

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Nest felt overcome by a mental breakdown.

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Nest and Q rescued a starving stray dog.

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The Italics mean that who is talking in the story?

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Nest

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Q

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Which of the following does Q NOT feel toward Nest now?

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Calm

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Worried

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Sad.

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Afraid.

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After coming back from her mental breakdown to ordinary consciousness, Nest worries that...

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...she has hurt something or someone during her breakdown.

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...she has been hurt by someone else.

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...the dog will die.

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Q now gives us a foreshadowing of the future by suggesting that Nest's breakdowns could happen while she is...

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driving

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sleeping

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taking a test in school

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visiting with him

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What is a theme that could come from this part of the story?

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Loving a person means accepting the dark side of his or her personality.

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Don't be friends with people who have negative personalities.

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Nest compared her father's mental breakdowns to this mythical creature, called the...

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Gorgon

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Minotaur

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Centaur

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Siren

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Just as Nest's mother had to help her father through breakdowns, so Nest worries that _____ will have to help her and eventually lose her.

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Q

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her father

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her teachers

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strangers

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The mood of the story is shifting...

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from dark and sad to more hopeful.

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from humorous to more serious.

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Multiple Choice

Dave Kunst walked...

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sort of around the world

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from Belgrade to Kamchatka

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across Minnesota

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over six continents

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How many mules did Dave go through on his world-wide walk?

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If Dave Kunst is like Nest because of walking so much, then which character is like Q because of coming to help and falling in love?

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The brother John

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The brother Pete

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Jenni

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the third mule

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Multiple Choice

Now Nest is keeping her mind busy with...

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mental math.

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trendy shoes

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messages from friends

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Nest figures out that a million steps is about 600 miles, and she knows that this is about the distance from Tel Aviv, Israel to...

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Paris, France

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Boston, Massachusetts

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Seoul, South Korea

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Baghdad, Iraq

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Nest reflects on her stories by daydreaming about...

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walking a long distance as an avatar in Skyrim.

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vacationing in Cancun.

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walking to South America herself.

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getting a Labrador dog as a pet.

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