Soul Surfer Review

What happened when Bethany and Mom stopped at Tunnels Beach on Halloween?

• The lifeguard told them the beach was closed because of a beached whale.

• Alana, Byron, and Holt showed up on a mission to find something to surf in

• Bethany twisted her ankle on the rocky path but insisted on surfing anyway

• Dad called to say his surgery had been rescheduled, and he wanted to surf.

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Why does Bethany feel surfing is different from other competitive sports?

• Surfers aren't cocky toward one another as athletes are in other sports.

• The money surfing champions make far surpasses that of other sports champs.

• In surfing competitions, audience members not experts judge the events.

• Surfing competitions never draw very big crowds.

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What is NOT one of Bethany's top three reasons for loving her Hawaiian home?

• It is never cold, so she can wear shorts and t-shirts nearly all year long.

• There is always something to do, especially in the sand and surf.

• Her entire extended family, including a dozen cousins, live close by.

• Bananas and papayas grow all over the place.

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Bethany sometimes wonders if the shark was attracted by the...

• surfboard leash hanging down in the water

• silver material of the new bathing suit she was wearing

• reflection of her shiny blue watch in the clear water

• smell of suntan lotion she had just applied

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When Bethany saw Timmy before her surgery, what did she say over and over?

• Don't let mom see me

• save my board

• stay with Alana

• get me water

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What was Bethany's way of informing her dad that her surfing days were over?

• She said she wanted to be the best surf photographer in the world

• She asked him if the family could move back to the mainland

• She asked him to bring her brochures for colleges in California

• She called Rip Curl to withdraw from its sponsorship program

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Bethany said she wanted to use some of the benefit money to...

• Help children in Haiti who didn't have enough food or medicine

• help Wilcox Hospital upgrade its surgical wing

• pay for an operation that could give her blind psychologist back his sight

• send a special child who had written to her to Vancouver's Paralympics

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Whom does Bethany admire and see as a role model?

• Father Damien, who worked in a leaper colony at Kalaupapa

• Pete Gray, who played major league baseball with just one arm

• Lance Armstrong who continued to complete after surviving cancer

• Mother Theresa, who was an international advocate for the poor and helpless

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For Bethany, what was one of the best things about going to New York?

• the four course lunch she shared with Peter Jennings at Tavern on the Green

• the dance lesson Patrick Swayze gave her in exchange for a surfing lesson

• free, all-you-could-drink sweet wild orange tea at the Sheraton Towers

• a cramped subway car that reminded her of surfing a tube

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Since the attack, Alana has never been able to bring herself to ...

• wear a watch while surfing

• use her cell phones that she used to dial 911

• rider her green Rip Curl board again

• return to the Tunnels

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