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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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accosting

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verbally demanding

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apocalypse

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the end of the world

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brindled

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spotted and gray

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claustrophobic

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afraid of small spaces

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dominion

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control

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imperious

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demanding

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iota

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small amount

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missionaries

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religious followers who aim to spread their ideology

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okapi

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African animal, resembles a giraffe

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plantain

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tropical fruit, similar to the banana

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progeny

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children, offspring

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vexed

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annoyed, irritated

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13
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Why does Orleanna describe herself and her daughters from a third person point of view at the start of the book?

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To help draw the reader into the story.. it invites the reader to observe the characters from a safe distance before being plunged into Africa with them. It serves to foreshadow events to come

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14
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When Orleanna says “She could lose everything: herself or worse, her children. Worst of all: you, her only secret. Her favorite,” to whom is she referring to when she says “you”?

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One of her kids, probably the one she loves most of all.

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In your opinion what does orleanna mean when she says “one has only a life of ones own” Do you agree or disagree.

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The interior life is the only one an individual experiences. Each person must worry about his or her own survival. The only truth is what you know in your head and heart.

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How do the Prices manage to get so many possessions into Africa

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multiple layers of clothing and stuff things in their pocket when they realize the plane baggage can only weigh 40 pounds per person.

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17
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Consider the description of Nathan Price from Orleanna’s perspective and Leah’s. Use their observations to comment on his character.

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He was selfish not to give up some of the weight in his luggage for his family; he has a temper; stubborn: doesnt like to accept help; self righteous

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bougainvillea

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vine or shrub with small flowers

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Broca’s aphasia

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impaired ability to express oneself through speech

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clamor

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noise

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despond

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depression

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edification

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moral instruction

23
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fumigated

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exposed to fumes

24
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gallimaufry

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jumble

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hootenanny

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informal musical performance

26
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papist

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Roman Catholic

27
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paroxysm

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violent outburst

28
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perfusion

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pumping

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sarongs

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large cloth, tied and wrapped to function as a dress or skirt

30
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sloop

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a ship

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tedium

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routine, everyday

32
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tithes

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percentage of income donated to the church each week

33
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vestigial

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early, rudimentary

34
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Ruth May alludes to the Biblical History of Ham and ot Southern Jim Crow laws….

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Ruth May is making an observant comment about how faith is often abused and used to support hateful ideas. It would apepar that this observation is more Kingsolver’s than the character’s. He doesnt agree with using religion to support unjust laws or ideas. Some students may be unfamilliar with both allusions and may need to read information about both Jim Crow and the story of Ham.

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Compare and contrast the different approaches of Orleanna and Nathan have when they are guests at the welcome celebration.

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Nathan criticizes and condemns the very people who might be able to help his family survive while Orleanna makes sure she and her daughters appear polite and grateful.

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How is Adah different from Leah

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Leah speaks all the time, Adah is quiet. Adah doesn’t like her dad while Leah worships him. Adah walks with a limp and Leah is very athletic.

37
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Nathan feels that in order to have good in ones life one must do good. True?

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Nathan would handle tragedy or failure by working harder. Conversely students might think that Nathan will not be able to handle failures at all because they will be shocking to him. He even has a tantrum over the poisonwood rash

38
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Leah ends the chapter by saying “He has already been so many places including another jungle overseas in the Philippine Islands where he was a wounded hero in the Second World War..” Wht do u make of this statemement?

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Nathan has not seen everything but he acts like he has. He doesnt listen to Mama Tataba when she tries to help him in the garden. Leah adores her father. She trusts him and looks up to him and is blind to his wrongs.

39
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apocrypha

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book of the bible, often omitted by protestants due to unknown authorship

40
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caches

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hiding places

41
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castigated

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punished

42
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crinolines

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stiff fabric used to shape petticoats and hats

43
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insolence

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disrespectful behavior

44
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pagan

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non christian or polytheistic worshipper

45
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palindromes

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words or phrases that read the same backwards and forwards

46
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Should Rev Price host and easter service even though its not easter sunday?

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no its a sacred holiday

47
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How do people of Kilanga react to rachels hair and why are they so interested in it

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they touch and yank it. they’ve never seen someone with her features and hair before.

48
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why does orleanna serve friend chicken at the church picnic

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villagers had wanted to eat the chickens Tataba got for the prices. She feels if she shares, the villagers wont be so upset with the prices for having some much

49
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why is nathan disappointed at the church picnic

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nobody will get baptized in the river and he had been hoping the pageant would inspire people to convert.

50
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Investigate St. Matthew. Who was St. Matthew and why is it fitting tht he should have been stolen by the children.

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The sock monkey is doing ehat nathan cannot. ruth may’s toy is what attracts the children not the easter pageant.

51
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What happened to mama mwanza

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the roof of her house caught fire and fell on her severely burning her legs. she cant walk she uses her hands as feet.

52
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Nathan said “sending a girl to college is like pouting water in your shoes”

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He means that a girls education will either be wasted if she starts a family and does not make use of what she learned or that an educated girl will be so invested in her education that she forgoes marriage and becomes a spinster. He doesnt value women at all.

53
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What punishment do the girls receive in the Price house.

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they get the verse from their father. they have to copy down one hundred lines from the bible and the last verse has to explain their sin to them.

54
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Adah observes that nathan finally learned his lesson. why is this significant

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the little mounds mama tataba told nathan to make in the farden he didnt make them and all the seeds washed away in the storm now he realizes she had a reasonf or those mounds and he needs to take her advice. He is learning from africa instead of the other way around.

AP English III (10 decks)

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