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1
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What is the lawyer’s motivation for suggesting the bet?

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He wanted two million dollars and to prove the banker wrong.He wanted the glory of gold and the satisfaction to know he had overcome 15 years in imprisonment.

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How does the lawyer change by the end of the story?What causes him to change?

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He had wisdom and he was more clever than anyone. What causes him to change was all the books he had read and he believed that everything was was void,frail,visionary and delusive as mirage

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Does the banker change by the end of the story? If so,how, and what causes him to change?

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Yes,he became humbled and afraid to lose his pride.

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Who do you think wins the bet? Why?

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The lawyer because even though he didn’t take the money,he still survived imprisonment for fifteen years and learned a lot by the books he head read and understood he didn’t need the money.

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5
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The word that means to carry away is….

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Abduct

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The word that means to do away with something is….

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Abolish

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7
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The word that means to spread or distribute authority is……

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Define

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8
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The word that means to go ashore from a vessel is…..

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Debark

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9
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The word that nears to go forward is…..

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Advance

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10
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The word that means to manage and direct is…..

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Administer

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11
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The word that means unjust use of power is….

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Obstruction

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12
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The word that means to give a reason against is….

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Obviate

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13
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The word that means to step over is…

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Bestride

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14
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The word that means to provide with gems is….

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Bejewel

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15
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The word that means to draw a line around is….

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Circumscribe

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The word that means to sail around is….

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Circumnavigate

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17
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The word that means to tell what is going to happen before it occurs is….

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Predict

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18
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The word that means to construct beforehand is….

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Prefabricate

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The word that means a portion of a chapel in front of the choir is….

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Antechoir

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The word that means before death is…

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Antemortem

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21
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The word that means a tiny animal with one hundred legs is….

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Centipede

22
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The word that means one who is 100 years old is….

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Centenarian

23
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The word that means taking place about every fifteen days is….

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Semimonthly

24
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The word that means partly without water is..,,

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Semiarid

25
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The word that means a unit of weight equal to 1,000 grams is….

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Kilograms

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The word that means a unit of capacity in the metric system equal to 1,000 liters is….

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Kiloliter

27
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The word that means one thousandth of a second is…..

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Millisecond

28
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The word that means one thousandth of barometric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar is….

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Millibar

29
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The word that means to put into order again is…

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Rearrange

30
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The word that means to restore confidence is….

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Reassure

31
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The word that means to bring forth or into existence is….

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Produce

32
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The word that means to advance in grade or importance is…..

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Promote

33
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The word that means a substance that prevents the growth of germs is….

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Antiseptic

34
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The word that means a liquid that prevents freezing is…..

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Antifreeze

35
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The word that means an opposite position is…..

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Contraposition

36
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The word that means to speak against another’s statement is….

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Controversy

37
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Why a character acts,thinks,or feels a certain way

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Character motivation

38
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The reason the author has written the piece

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Author’s purpose

39
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Written account of another person’s life written by someone else

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Biography

40
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Time,location,and cultural customs in which the action occurs

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Setting

41
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The idea of relating the content of a story to one knowledge/experience

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Connect

42
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The most important idea in a paragraph or essay

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Main idea

43
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Scene from an earlier time that interrupts the action of a story

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Flashback

44
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Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s 5 senses

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Imagery

45
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Message,moral or meaning about life or human experience that a literary work communicates

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Theme

46
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To show beforehand, to give a glimpse of what may happen in the future

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Foreshadowing

47
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At the beginning of the story,how does the girl feel about her new home?How do you know?

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She feels as if she is being ripped away from her home and friends.She feels as if she is being placed in a new,unfamiliar place,knowing nobody at all.

48
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Why does the girl offer to go to the supermarket?

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She goes to the supermarket to eat,one and feel at peace.She feels at peace and that it is her escape from her parents and this town she does not like.

49
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Why does the bag boy interest the girl so much?

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The bag boy interests her so much because he drops the glass of mayonnaise and to the girl his vulnerability and clumsiness draws her in to him and is very attractive to her.

50
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What is the banker’s motivation for suggesting the bet?

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The 25-year-old lawyer said if he had to choose between capital punishment and life imprisonment hewould choose imprisonment.The banker didn’t think he would, last 5 years and the layer wanted to prove him wrong

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