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Describe the narrator's house.

• It is one of the largest on the island, made of brick and surrounded by gardens.
• It is a renovated carriage house on the grounds of one of the mansions.
• It is a weatherbeaten bungalow squeezed between the mansions.
• It is roomy, but not too large for one person, with a gazebo and a boathouse.

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Wiesel's clawing for air in the barrack established a mood of

• joy
• doom
• anger
• desperation

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The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days. 
What does the metaphor mean above?

• The baby girl's smile made other people happy.
• When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise. 
• The baby never smiled. 
• The baby girl's smile made the moon come out. 

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The house stood on a hillside where wind whipped through the cracks in the walls.

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-Complex

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Romeo wishes he were a glove on Juliet's hand because...

• his hands are cold.
• Juliet's hands are warm.
• he would love to touch her cheek.
• his hands are ugly. 

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Which of the following accurately describes the nursery at 4:30?

• Glowing with fire, which destroys the painted animals
• The walls are lit up artificially with images of jungle animals, which move and make noise
• It is outdoors and set up like a small zoo full of jungle animals
• It is painted like a desert, and the animals in it make noises of distress.

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What do the red windows in the last chamber symbolize in "The Masque of the Red Death"?

• blood and death
• love and hope
• jealousy and fear
• elegance and wealth

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When Steinbeck tells us that Lennie likes to pet soft things, he is using the technique of

• narration
• graphic description
• foreshadowing

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The scared rock climber balanced precariously on the edge of the cliff.

• gracefully

• Lazily

• dangerously

• hopefully

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Every piece of Debra’s jewelry glittered in the light; ______ gave the impression that Debra had been dipped in gold.

• it

• they

• her

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