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Choose the word that best completes this sentence:
The championship games continued ___________ the bad weather.

• therefore
• by
• although
• despite

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What is another word for 'cask'?

• Flambeaux
• Cloak
• Barrel
• Carneval

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The mummies of Egypt are very old.  So people think the Egyptians had special ways of embalming.  Actually, it was the dry air that helped them preserve the dead.
What does embalming mean? 

• Making pyrmaids
• Keeping dead things alive
• Keeping bodies from decaying or falling apart
• Keeping dead things dead

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Do you think women know naturally how to ........................children?

• bring up
• grow up
• look up
• look down

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What does it mean that the family was nomadic?

• a. They raised goats.
• b. They lived in the mountains.
• c. They moved from place to place.
• d. They like to camp.

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Define adverb

• Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb

• A word that replaces a noun

• Joins different parts of a sentence

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Tom was embarrassed ___ he didn't know the answer to the question.

• despite

• therefore

• because

• although

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Her sister is the oldest member of the group.

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

• noun

• pronoun

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Define GROTESQUE.

• Beautiful.

• Having a strange, ugly appearance

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Most of America's Founding Fathers did not believe in women's suffrage. Only men could vote in the United states until 1920. What is “suffrage” ?

• A. something that causes physical pain

• B. an early flag

• C. skirts that did not cover ankles

• D. the right to vote

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