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Semester 2 Exam freshman year Flashcards

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1
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Into what animal are the cells implanted

A

Cow

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2
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Explain the difference between Matt and other clones

A

Matt has a brain

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3
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Celias relationship to Matt is best described as ______

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Foster mom

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4
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How does Matt escape from the cottage

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He breaks the window

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5
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Explain how Matt ends up in the big house

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He broke the window and jumped out and got a whole bunch of cuts. Then Emilia, Steven, and Maria helped him by taking him home to help him.

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6
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Which character is the same age as Matt

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Maria

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7
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Who is the character that imprisons Matt

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Rosa

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8
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Explain one thing rosa does to dehumanize Matt

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Makes him sleep on the ground and takes away his bathroom

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9
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Explain one of Matts survival techniques

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He puts fruit under the saw dust to attract bugs, bugs keep him company

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10
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What does Matt do to Tom

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Throws an orange at him

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11
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What does tom do in return

A

Shoots him with a peashooter

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12
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What does Matt do in return to tom

A

Doesn’t react

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13
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How does Matt react to seeing Celia and Maria

A

No emotion

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14
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To whom does Celia write a letter

A

El patron

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15
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What are the “droplets” in the beginning of the story

A

Embryos

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16
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Who tells El Patron about Matts treatment

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Celia

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17
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What is Maria supposed to get Matt to do

A

Talk

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18
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Who does Matt chose to be his body guard

A

Tam-Lin

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19
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Explain why he chose that particular body guard

A

His eyes looked friendly

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20
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How does Matt react to Maria’s departure

A

He feels like she betrayed him

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21
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Explain what causes Matt to speak

A

His teacher kept calling him a good boy, and he got mad because it kept reminding him he wasn’t a boy

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22
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What does Matt discover about farm laborers

A

They are eejits

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23
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Who tells Matt about how he came to exist

A

Tam Lin

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24
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Who is Furball

A

Maria’s dog

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25
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What is unique about Matts piano teacher

A

He is deaf

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26
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Who attempts to harm Furball

A

Tom

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27
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Explain the rule for Matt on his birthday

A

he gets what ever he wants

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28
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What is different about el patron on his birthday

A

He is healthier

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29
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Why is Matt is so motivated to learn piano

A

It makes him feel human

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30
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Explain why Matt dislikes Furball

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Matt is basically on the same level as him. Matt is seen as an animal, and Furball is an animal

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31
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El Patron has come to see Matt. What will Rosa do if Matt speaks to El Patron

A

Kill him

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32
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What has caused a El patron improved health

A

Fetal brain implants

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33
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Does El Patron prefer giving or receiving presents

A

Receiving

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34
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Why does El Patron like receiving gifts

A

Who feels the bigger the gift the more they love him

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35
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What did Maria get Matt for his birthday

A

Taffy

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36
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Whose wedding occurs

A

Emilia and Steven

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37
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Concerning the wedding, who is being married from alacran side

A

Steven

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38
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Concerning the wedding, who is being married from Mendoza side

A

Emilia

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39
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Where do Matt and Maria go when she arrives

A

Secret passage

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40
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Whom does El Patron plan for Maria to marry

A

Tom

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41
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What interrupts the wedding

A

El Patron

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42
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What does Mara suggest they use for their escape

A

Hovercraft

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43
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Who foils the escape plan

A

Emilia

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44
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What substance has Celia been giving Matt

A

Arsenic

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45
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After El Patron dies, what does Mr Alacran tell Tam Lin to do with Matt

A

Kill him

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46
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Where does Tam Lin tell the members of the Alacran army he is taking Matt

A

Eejit pens

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47
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Where does tam Lin actually take Matt

A

Oasis

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48
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Where does Tam Lin tell Matt to go

A

Atzlan

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49
Q

Matt weeps for Celia, Tam Lin, ________

A

El patron

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50
Q

What does Matt do in response to the interruption

A

Hides

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51
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El Patron believes he has the “right to live”. Explain how he comes to believe that statement to be true

A

All the people in his family died young so he thinks he gets to live longer to make up for their short lives

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52
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Explain “why” Tam Lin does not go with Matt on his journey

A

He said he had to right some wrongs

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53
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What name does Matt assume when he enters Atzlan

A

Matt Ortega

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54
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How is Matt initially treated by the border guards

A

They were indifferent

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55
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Which one of the following answers is NOT a realms Matt is called “aristocrat”

A

Matts cooking

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56
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What do the guards call themselves

A

Keepers

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57
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What are the boys at the orphanage called

A

Lost boys

58
Q

What are the boys required to recite before meals

A

5 principles of good citizenship

59
Q

What kind of factory is Matt sent to

A

Plankton

60
Q

What does Raul compare individualism

A

Horse

61
Q

Where do the guards threaten to send Matt if he makes trouble

A

Boneyard

62
Q

What punishment do the boys receive for challenging Carlos

A

No dinner

63
Q

When do Jorge’s brainwashing tactics take place

A

Evening

64
Q

Which of the boys leads the barrage of accusations against Matt

A

Ton Ton

65
Q

What do the guards do at night

A

Use laudanum

66
Q

What causes Matt to confess to Jorge

A

Threats against Fidelito

67
Q

Why is Ton Ton so loyal to Jorge

A

Jorge saved his life

68
Q

What birthday is El Patron celebrating in Ch 10

A

143

69
Q

What does Matt make Maria do on his birthday

A

Kiss him

70
Q

How does Maria react to Matt kissing him

A

She gets angry and embarrassed

71
Q

Who tells Matt to go to the hospital

A

Felicia

72
Q

Who tells Maria to go to the hospital

A

Tom

73
Q

What or whom do Matt and Maria see at the hospital

A

Clone

74
Q

Tom is the son of _______

A

Macgregor

75
Q

What animal is Tom torturing in chapter 13

A

Frog

76
Q

What is Matt accused of by Senator Mendoza

A

Murder

77
Q

Where did el patron and Celia grow up

A

Atzlan

78
Q

What happened to the other people who traveled with the coyote and Celia

A

They turned into it eejits

79
Q

What happened to Rosa

A

She was turned into an eejit

80
Q

Who leaves Matt the chest at the oasis

A

Tam Lin

81
Q

Who takes up for Matt at El Viajos funeral

A

Maria

82
Q

Who killed Furball

A

Felicia

83
Q

What is the name of the book Matt reads

A

A history of opium

84
Q

Who wrote the book that Matt reads at the oasis

A

Maria’s mom

85
Q

Why is it a surprise Maria’s mom wrote a book

A

She is supposed to be dead

86
Q

When Matt grows up he plans to ______

A

Take over opium

87
Q

What does Matt plan to do with Eejits

A

Free them

88
Q

What does Matt learn about Tim Lin after the incident at the eejit pens

A

He was a terrorist

89
Q

After my returns back to the main house, he’s woken by Celia where is he taking after Celia feed him breakfast

A

The hospital

90
Q

Why is el patron taken to the hospital

A

Heart attack

91
Q

What is the first sign that Matt is mature

A

Voice cracks

92
Q

What is the name of the country that Matt calls home

A

Opium

93
Q

Where is Maria from

A

Atzlan

94
Q

Who is the intended victim when Matt has his breaking point

A

Fidelito

95
Q

What does Jorge reveal about Matt

A

He was a “zombie”

96
Q

Where do the keepers take Matt and Chacho

A

Boneyard

97
Q

what creature does Chacho fear in the chapters

A

Bats

98
Q

Who comes to rescue Matt and chartroom from the place the keepers took them

A

Fidelito and Ton Ton

99
Q

Where are Matt and Company heading after they are rescued from the place the keepers took them

A

San Luis

100
Q

What has happened at the plankton factory

A

Revolt

101
Q

Who rescues Matt upon reaching San Luis

A

Consular and Guapo

102
Q

Where do Matt saviors take him initially after saving him

A

Graveyard

103
Q

What event is taking place at the graveyard

A

The day of the dead

104
Q

Where does one of mats saviors take Fidelito and Matt

A

The hospital at the convent

105
Q

Who is waiting in Chacho’s room at the hospital other than the nurses

A

Jorge and Carlos

106
Q

Who brings the police arrest the keeper

A

Esperanza

107
Q

On what charges are the keepers arrest

A

Drug trafficking

108
Q

What does Esperana want Matt to do

A

Take over rule of opium

109
Q

Matt and the lost boys are compared to a particular insect in this section
What is the insect? With what other group of people can the lost boys be compared?

A

The insect is worker bees. They are compared to the eejist, because they do all the work.

110
Q

As Matt and Chacho are being restrained from their altercation with Jorge, Matt has a realization what is this realization? what has prevented this realization from occurring before?

A

There are a lot more lost boys than keepers

Fear has prevented them

111
Q

The pedestrian text is a ______

A

Short story

112
Q

The pedestrian is what kind of book

A

Fiction

113
Q

The pedestrian text is written in ______

A

3rd person

114
Q

Mr. meads favorite hobby is ______

A

Walking

115
Q

The pedestrian

The favorite hobby for the rest of the people in the city is __________

A

Watching TV

116
Q

The pedestrian

How many police cars patrol this city

A

1

117
Q

The pedestrian

How many police officers patrol a police car

A

None

118
Q

What is Mr. meads profession

A

Writer

119
Q

After Mr. Mead is picked up in the police car where is he to be taken

A

Psychiatric center

120
Q

The pedestrian

What is the main concern/ criticism Bradbury is making in this text

A

Obsession with tech

121
Q

Name a minimum of 2 characteristics in the text

A

Everyone watches TV, everyone is the same, and technology

122
Q

Tessie is chosen in the lottery, marked with a dot from a box. The choosing is completely random and without cause. Yet, she is marked. What could this symbolize in our past, present, or potentially future society? Can you think of anyone that is randomly marked without having caused it to happen?

A

It could symbolize slavery because they didn’t choose what they look like. They also didn’t have a choice of being a slave. They were just made a slave because they were African-American

123
Q

Someone stands up for Matt, in the face of the priest,at El Viejo’s funeral. He/she references a saint as he or she does this. Which st. does he/she reference? Explain why the use of this reference may also be considered insulting

A

They reference St. Francis because he told a story about how a wolf came into church and everyone was mad but St. Francis. This could be insulting because he is like the wolf, everyone is mad at him except Maria

124
Q

How do you Tam lin and Celia react to Matts re-current illness. Give one reason why they would not react to this

A

They were not surprised because they were giving him a little amounts of poison so they could not use his organs

125
Q

First, explain what activity Jorge uses to brainwash the boys. Second, explain how it is related to another ritual practiced with which we are familiar. Third right one sentence explaining why it is important for the reader to make the connection between the two practices

A

He tells them stories in the evening and makes them respond and makes them confess their sins. It can be related to church how the priest says something and then you repeat it. it shows that it was like a religious ceremony

126
Q

There is a comparison made between turkeys in something or someone else. First, what is the perception of turkeys? Second, who or what are turkeys compared to in the assigned section? Third, right one sentence explaining why it is important for the reader to realize the comparison in the text

A

The perception that they are dumb. They are compared to the lost boys. it makes readers realize the boys have no thoughts and some one has to tell them what to do

127
Q

Explain three similar connections between the actions of El Patron and the pharaohs. Then explain how each of these connections gives us a better understanding of El Patrons action.

A

El Patron and pharaohs both are rulers. They see themselves better than humans. they basically think they are like a God. El Patron has eejits. Pharoahs have slaves. They both see them as machines. They don’t really see them as humans. They both die and have all their stuff buried with them. I think El Patron I shed he was loved, but he never really was.

128
Q

The lottery

For what are the people gathering together

A

Lottery

129
Q

The lottery

Do all the communities in the text gather in the same way

A

No

130
Q

The lottery

What color is the box that holds the papers

A

Black

131
Q

What did the papers replace

A

Wood chips

132
Q

The lottery

Who picks the pieces of paper initially

A

Head of the house

133
Q

The lottery

How do they mark the paper

A

Black dot

134
Q

The lottery

Who is chosen from the box

A

Tessie

135
Q

The lottery

What happens to Tessie

A

Gets killed

136
Q

The lottery

what is used against the chosen person

A

Stones

137
Q

The lottery

Who gathers the stones

A

Children

138
Q

Dystopian texts are always written with a warning or criticism as the forefront of ideas. Explain the warning or criticism of the community in this text. What is the author trying to tell us?

A

You shouldn’t follow people without knowing what you were doing. You shouldn’t follow people blindly because you can be doing something wrong. Also change bad habits.

139
Q

Explain the concept of othering. Explain how and why Matt is being othered.

A

Othering is someone that is treated different than everyone else. People treat Matt different and they shut him out. Matt is being othered because he is a clone.

140
Q

Matt and Maria see something difficult at the hospital. Explain how Matt feels after he discusses what he and Maria see at the hospital with Celia

A

Matt and Maria see clones. Matt realizes what he is used for and wonders why he isn’t like them. Celia tells him that he actually has a brain. Matt has mixed feelings because he feels loved because he got a brain but sad that he will just be used for organs.

141
Q

Explain why the altercation between Matt and Maria at El Patrons birthday party is important in terms of othering

A

if it was tom or any one that wasn’t a clone the people wouldn’t have cared it was only because it was Matt that it was made into a big deal

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