VOCABULARY
| 1. feeling great anger, especially anger that is not fully expressed |
| 2. sordid: having unpleasant qualities associated with a degraded or degenerate way of living |
| 3. homeless people: people who has no home, employment, or family car |
| 4. precise and painstaking: extremely careful and precise |
| 5. empowered to review judicial decisions: having the jurisdiction to hear appeals and review the decisions of lower courts |
| 6. armaments: a stockpile of weapons and military equipment |
| 7. sad: sad and pessimistic |
| 8. surprised somebody greatly: overwhelmed and stunned somebody with sudden surprise |
| 9. emotional control: calm and steady control over the emotions |
| 10. finely beautiful: very beautiful and delicate or intricate |
| 11. unlikely or ill-suited pair: a pairing or combination of people or things that are incompatible with or apparently ill-suited to each other |
| 12. cause havoc or destruction: to cause something violent and destructive |
| 13. impossible to understand: difficult or impossible to understand d |
| 14. very unhappy: feeling or showing sadness and lack of hope, especially because of disappointment |
| 15. of a group sharing cultural characteristics: relating to a group or groups in society with distinctive cultural traits |
| 16. person who studies birds |
| 17. distrustful: obsessively anxious about something, or unreasonably suspicious of other people and their thoughts or motives |
| 18. twisting or squirming: making violent twisting and rolling movements with the body, especially as a result of severe pain |
| 19. self-punishment for committing sin: self-punishment or an act of religious devotion performed to show sorrow for having committed a sin |
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. He suspects Otis and needs the bike to follow him |
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2. She thought that Theo knew that Angela was the bomber but he assumes that Turtle set off the bombs |
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3. He saw that Crow and Otis were helping in the Good Salvation Soup Kitchen. He felt guilty for spying on them and was more aware of the magnitude of poverty and more appreciative of those who work with the needy |
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4. Her parents were servants for Sam Westing. She played chess with sam. He embarrassed her about a move she made in the game. By paying for her education he was buying another avenue to power |
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5.She is found scorched by one of the bombs that go off in the hallway. One of her compositions was on the reverse side of the sign "The Bomber Strikes Again!" that the police found taped to the elevator wall. |
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6. Madam Hoo |
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7. To pay her way back to China |
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8. She felt that she was finally her own person; her parents were hugging each other and not fussing over her |
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9. Instead of reacting with a sarcastic comment or a kick, Turtle tells Flora that her daughter looked happy and must have been nice to have around. |
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10. She is not jealous of Rosalie anymore. She is learning to give love because Flora has given her so much. |
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11. They are given another $10,000 check and a chance to provide the answer to the mystery |
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12. She can't figure out why he is leading the others to Crow. If the clues hadn't been pooled, Crow's role might have remained unknown. Not given this information Turtle might never have figured out the rest of the puzzle |
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13. They concluded that Berte Erica Crow murdered Sam Westing |
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CHAPTERS 21-24 |
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WRITTEN EXPRESSION
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