At Home in the Desert

What is the best meaning for the title

At Home in the Desert ?

• Georgia O'Keeffe made a house in the desert

• She painted deserted homes

• She lived in the middle of the desert

• She felt safe and comfortable in the New Mexico Desert

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Why did Georgia O'Keeffe seek out a change from her life at age 41?

• She wanted to open more museums in New York City

• New York City was getting too expensive to live in

• She was no longer inspired and wanted a change to get more artistic ideas

• She wanted to travel

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Georgia O'Keeffe moved to New Mexico permanently the first time she visited the desert in 1929.

(permanently means for good)

• True

• False

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What can you inquire about what O'Keeffe wrote to her husband:

"Mabel's place beats anything you can imagine about it-it is simply astonishing"

• She couldn't wait to return home to New York City

• She loved her friend's garage

• She loved her surroundings in the desert

• It was hard to impress her

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For 20 years, Georgia O'Keeffe started a pattern between New Mexico and New York City. Find the correct pattern.

• She would go to New Mexico in the spring to paint and then to New York City in the fall to sell her paintings

• She would go to New York City in the spring to paint and then to New Mexico in the fall to sell her paintings

• She would go to New York City every year that ended with an odd number and New Mexico every year that ended with an even number

• She would go to New Jersey when New York City was closed and to Mexico when New Mexico was closed

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What phrase does the author use to describe what O'Keeffe thought of the bleached animal bones and skulls in the desert?

• Very interesting and bold

• A strange beauty in them

• Creepy and morbid

• Tormenting and sad

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At what age did O'Keeffe finally stop being an artist?

• At age 90 when her eyes started to fail her

• At age 41 when she got bored with New York City

• At age 98 when she sadly passed away

• At age 50 after her birthday

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What is the focus question of the week?

• How might we re-think an idea?

• How might a group of people work together to succeed?

• How can experiencing nature change the way you think about it?

• How can we do better when we help nature?

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"The wide open space had thrilled her" Find another sentence that uses space in the same way.

• The astronaut went into outer space

• There's more space to play in at the newly remodeled park

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"The clear light made her feel as if she could see for the first time"

Find a the sentence that uses light in the same way.

• Before boarding the plane, I grabbed the heavy backpack and my sister grabbed the light backpack.

• The light from the fireworks show woke up the neighbor's dog.

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