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Which statement best expresses the main conflict in the selection?

• Martin is an impressionable young man who is very uncomfortable with riding in a cramped elevator with others
• Martin is a shy boy who has difficulty interacting with others, especially his father
• Martin is a timid boy who is easily frightened by common things in life
• Martin is a skittish young man who refuses to confront his fears

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Why was Slim angry with Curley?

• Curley accused him of seeing his wife
• He didn't harness up the mules
• Curley tried to punch him
• He shot Candy's dog

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Elsa has to be hidden away from the outside world because of her secret magical powers.

• individual vs. individual
• individual vs. nature
• individual vs. society
• individual vs. self

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What do the White's stop doing after Herbert's death?

• They stop eating supper together
• They stop going to the neighbor's house
• They stop thinking about Herbert
• They stop talking

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This type of character causes a problem or is the problem in the novel.

• Protagonist
• Antagonist

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Piggy tries to convince Jack's tribe to give up all of the

• "savage nonsense"
• "theft of his glasses and the conch"
• "violence and hatred"
• All of these

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After riding with him, the young woman decides that Adams is

• dead.
• boring.
• interesting.
• dangerous.

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The climax of the story occurs when Adams

• avoids the hitchhiker on Brooklyn Bridge.
• stalls the car on the train tracks.
• crashes into the barbed wire fence.
• makes the telephone call to his mother.

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Character motivation: the reason a character thinks, feels, or acts a certain way 
What was Odysseus' motivation? 

• To save Penelope from the suitors 
• To have fun 
• To get back home to Ithaca and his family 
• To win the war 

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After losing a law suit for saving a man's life, Mr. Incredible is forbidden to work as a superhero anymore.  For his family's well-being, he tries to be a "normal" person, but he wants a different kind of life and is desperately unhappy.

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Self
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Nature

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