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This character most likely dies in the fire at the beginning of the book.

• Piggy
• Boy w the Mulberry Birthmark
• Pilot
• The Beast

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The best evidence that Zaroff is aware of his own viciousness and cruelty is that he —

• makes fun of Rainsford for being afraid
• explains how he obtains the men he hunts
• says that all Cossacks are savage and that he, Zaroff, is a Cossack
• claims that it is not murder to kill sailors because they are “scum”

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This family is known to be a family of gossipers.

• Cunningham
• Ewells
• Atkinsons
• Crawfords

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True or false: Maudie attends the trial because she is curious about Mayella.

• True
• False

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(1) Despite the relative reluctance of Americans to adopt it, soccer is the most popular sport in the world and has been for several decades.  (2) Soccer, which is called "football" in most places, has few rules compared with such sports as baseball. (3) Also, in contrast to baseball and American football, soccer games have few pauses in the action.  (4) Soccer scores aren't as high as scores are in American sports, but many people consider that an exciting feature of the game, because the occasional goals are that much more thrilling.
Which of the following is true of the paragraph?

• The author likes soccer.
• The author is not an American.
• The author presents the information in an objective manner.
• The author is biased against American sports.

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We live in a more _____ time period now than we did in the past, considering the fact that we no longer have public executions or burn people at the stake!

• enlightened
• relentless
• concise
• comport

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Santiago sees two hawks fighting and understands this as an omen that 

• the Englishman and the Alchemist will fight to the death. 
• he and the Alchemist will roast the hawks and eat them. 
• danger will come to the oasis from the sky. 
• the oasis will be attacked and invaded by an army. 

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Why did Rebecca Nurse advise to send Hale back immediately?

• She felt Parris was capable of handling the situation by himself
• She knew Hale's presence would frighten the people and cause upheaval.
• She believed Hale was an imposter and a fraud
• She is a witch and afraid of being discovered

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What is Antigone's hamartia?

• Her vanity

• Her most prized possession

• Her stubborn devotion to her family

• Her belief in the goddess Athena

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TRUE OR FALSE: The author of this story believes that technology is a better mode of education than human interaction.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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