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The Canyon's Edge Flashcards

1
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What is the main characters name?

A

Eleanor

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What is the last item Dad pulled out from his pack?

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A flare gun

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3
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Who is Danielle ?

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Her best friend

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What car do they have?

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A Jeep

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5
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What does Nora love to do that makes her feel closer to her mom?

A

writing

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6
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What is Nora’s therapist’s name?

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Mary

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7
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Does Nora like sharing her writing ?

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No

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8
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What is Nora afraid of? What killed her mom and injured her dad ?

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A gun/bullet

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9
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Where do Nora and her dad travel to?

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A slot canyon

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10
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What did Nora think of the canyon?

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It’s small

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11
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What does Nora’s dad think is dangerous?

A

People

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12
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What does Nora’s dad shout before climbing down into the canyon?

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“To infinity and beyond!”

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13
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What knot does Nora tie before climbing down the canyon?

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A figure-eight knot

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14
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What is a belayer, and who is the belayer in the book?

A

Some who holds the rope at the bottom/dad

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15
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What does Nora fear ?

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dying

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16
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What pants did Nora wish she’d wore ?

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Long pants instead of jean shorts

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17
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What does Nora’s dad give her for her birthday ?

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A heart shaped rock

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18
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What special day is it when they go to the canyon?

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Nora’s birthday

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19
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What is Nora’s dad humming?

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“Across the Universe”

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20
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Where did Nora’s mom die?

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1 year ago at Cafe Ardiente

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21
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What did Nora’s dad think would be neat to see in a canyon?

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A fox

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22
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What two animals has dad never seen in a canyon?

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A ringtail and fox

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23
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What did Nora’s dad like writing?

A

Haikus

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24
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What does Nora want to do that her dad won’t let her?

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Go to school

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25
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What does Nora say to her father that she later regrets ?

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I hate you

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26
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What three things does her farther say before the water tears him from the war?

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I love you, I’m sorry, and Hold on

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27
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What has Elnora lost during the flood?

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Her backpack,hoodie, hair tie, helmet, harness, gloves, food, water, and the last person in her life.

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28
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When was her mother shot?

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On her birthday

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29
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Where did Nora remember camping with her parents?

A

Canyon de Chelly

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30
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How many nights in a row does Nora wish her mother was here with her?

A

The 366th

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31
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What other mom was there during Nora’s birthday ?

A

Safia Moreno

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32
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What is the Beast ?

A

A tormentor , monster, a demon

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33
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What 2 items does Nora find that could be useful

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part of a cup ( crumbled) and a shard of gray shale

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34
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Does Nora lost the heart shaped rock ?

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Yes

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35
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What snake does Nora find in the desert/canyon?

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A Mojave snake ( dealy venomous)

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36
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What fruit did Mom love?

A

watermelon

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37
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What word did Danielle and Nora spell on each other’s forhead when trying mudmasks?

A

POOP

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38
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How does Nora divide her hair?

A

Before and after

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39
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How does Nora find water?

A

My filtering out the sand and water by using her tank top

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40
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What does Nora find tangled in the trees?

A

a rope

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41
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What does Apophenia mean?

A

trying to find a pattern when there isn’t one

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42
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What food does Nora find?

A

Mesquite beans

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43
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Where is the refuge?

A

20 feet up

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44
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Who is the other person speaking?

A

Her therapist , Mary

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45
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What is Nora terrified of that she doesn’t want her parents to know?

A

she’s afraid heights

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46
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What does Nora do with the sharp shale when she’s in the refuge?

A

She cuts and tears all her before hair off

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47
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What does Nora do after she cuts her hair?

A

Scream

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48
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What stings Nora and how many times?

A

A bark scorpian/twice

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49
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What color are Danielle’s eyes and hair?

A

Big brown eyes and curly black hair

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50
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Why did Danielle want to keep the bluegill ?

A

For a pet

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51
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What name would Danielle give the bluegill?

A

Danny

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52
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What does Mary want Nora to do?

A

rewrite her nightmares

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53
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What song does Nora’s mom sing to her when she needs comforting?

A

“Golden Slumbers”

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54
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What song does Nora’s mom sing to her in the cave?

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“Let it be”

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55
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What is Mom’s favorite band?

A

the Beatles

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56
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What song was for Dad?

A

” In My Life”

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57
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What song was for Nora?

A

“Blackbird”

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58
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What song did Nora’s dad cry to that she hates ?

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“Yesterday

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59
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What song does Nora change it to and then another some they listen to?

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“Hey Jude” and “Here Comes the Sun”

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60
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What does Nora kick over the edge?

A

The rope

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61
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What insect does Nora see ?

A

monarch butterfly

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62
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What desert are they in?

A

The Sonoran Desert

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63
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What does Nora hope the Desert does?

A

forgive

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64
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What fruit does Nora eat?

A

prickly pear

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65
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What does prickly pear taste like?

A

watermelon

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66
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What animal does Nora see that her dad thought would be cool to see?

A

a fox

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67
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What does Nora find after she saw the fox?

A

her dad

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68
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What side of the canyon was Nora’s dad

A

the opposite side

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69
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How many children did Sofia Moreno have?

A

two boys

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70
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What brave act did Sofia Moreno do?

A

She tackled the shooter , and died doing so

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71
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What did Nora’s mom call her?

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Blackbird ( from the Beatles song)

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72
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What is Nora’s boundary?

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a canyon

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73
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Who did Nora draw strength from ?

A

Danielle, her mom, her dad, and love

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74
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What does Nora take out from Dad’s backpack?

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A canteen of water which she drinks and pours into her dad’s mouth, a lighter, and the flare gun

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75
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How does Nora bring help?

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by using the flare gun to create a fire

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76
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What saves them from the canyon after Nora pulled the trigger for the flare gun?

A

A helicopter and people

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77
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How many parts are in this book ?

A

3

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78
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What hairstyle does Nora have now?

A

a pixie cut

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79
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What body part did Nora and her dad break?

A

Nora has a leg brace and dad has an arm sling

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80
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How many parts did Nora think her life had and what were they?

A

two= Before and After

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81
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How many parts does Nora think her life has now?

A

three= Before, After, and After After

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82
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Does Danielle let Nora back in?

A

yes

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83
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What color was Nora’s hoodie?

A

pink

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84
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What time of day was it in the beginning of the book?

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night

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85
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Where were they in the beginning of the book?

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the middle of a cold, dark desert night

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86
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What is Nora’s favorite flavor of electrolyte power?

A

watermelon

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87
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What is the first joke Dad says?

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“Did you hear about those bones they found on the moon?..”I guess the cow didn’t make it”

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88
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Where did Nora get her pink hoodie?

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Sunset Crater

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89
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What does Nora’s pink hoodie say?

A

“Get Out There”

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90
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What does Dad think is amazing?

A

wolf spiders

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91
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What does Dad think Nora should have done?

A

Invited Danielle

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92
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When was the last time Danielle was with them all?

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When they went camping and fishing at Barlett Lake

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93
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Who didn’t want to touch worms?

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Danielle

94
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Who hooked Danielle worms on her fishing rod?

A

Nora

95
Q

What poem did Nora write after arriving at the canyon?

A

“The sapphire sky/breathes in’the desert morning/and breathes out/pink flame to burn up/the wisps of silver clouds “

96
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What did Mary see writing as?

A

A tool that Nora can use

97
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Does Nora think she can write as well as her mom?

A

No

98
Q

How is Dad’s hair?

A

Graying , overgrown and curling over his ears

99
Q

Why does Nora stumble over a couple of larger rocks?

A

Because she’s sleepy

100
Q

What does Dad rub on his leg?

A

special lotion

101
Q

How often does Dad vist the doctor?

A

every month

102
Q

How often does Dad swallow pills?

A

every day

103
Q

How many times did Dad get surgery ?

A

3 times plus a metal rod

104
Q

Who’s the author?

A

Dusti Bowling

105
Q

What direction did Dad point to as he folds the map?

A

East

106
Q

What animal sounds like an engine that won’t turn over?

A

cactus wren

107
Q

What was the documentary about that Mom, Dad, and Nora saw?

A

It was about a man who walked over a canyon on a tightrope

108
Q

Who was tense watching the documentary despite knowing he wouldn’t fall?

A

Nora

109
Q

What did last year feel like to Nora?

A

walking on a tight rope

110
Q

Who calls Nora Eleanor?

A

Mary, her therapist

111
Q

What does Mary compare Nora to?

A

the canyon

112
Q

Is the slot canyon they visit name?

A

no

113
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What other slot canyon has Nora seen?

A

Antelope Canyon

114
Q

Where does Nora toss her hair tie?

A

In her pack

115
Q

What was Dad munching on?

A

some beef jerky

116
Q

What did Nora grab to eat after several hours of hiking?

A

a protein bar

117
Q

Where does Nora eat the protein bar?

A

To an outcropping “along one canyon wall where the rock juts out like a small stage a few feet high and wide”

118
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How does Nora sit while eating the protein bar?

A

cross-legged

119
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What does Nora do while eating the protein bar?

A

run her fingers ‘ along a deep crack in the stone surface”

120
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What does Nora do after eating the protein bar?

A

took off her hoodie and bunched it up under her head , and lie back on the flat stone surface

121
Q

“What’s brown and sticky?”

A

a stick

122
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What does Nora want?

A

things to go back to normal

123
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What does Nora think the rushing water was?

A

A stampede or an earthquake

124
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What color was the water that swept Nora and her father?

A

black

125
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What happened to Nora’s backpack?

A

The Black Water swept it away

126
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What does the water hit like?

A

a train

127
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Did Nora have time to say I love you to her dad?

A

No, the last thing she said was I hate you

128
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Did the Black Water manage to tear Dad away from the Wall?

A

Yes

129
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What question does Mary often ask?

A

” What do you fear, Eleanor?” and “ Are you likely to die in this situation?”

130
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What is Dad’s height ?

A

6 feet

131
Q

What does Nora have left after the Black Water washed away almost everything?

A

Her life

132
Q

It’s the second timer in a single year that…?

A

One of her parents put her life before theirs

133
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What reason did Nora need to know so desperately that Dad sent her to Mary?

A

Why would a person walk into a restaurant and just start shooting?

134
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Did Mary tell Nora why yet?

A

No

135
Q

What was whistling?

A

red-spotted toads

136
Q

What is siihasin?

A

harmony

137
Q

What is the guide called in Canyon de Chelly?

A

Diné Guide

138
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Who played a song on Nora’s last birthday last year?

A

A guitarist

139
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What did Nora eat on her last birthday?

A

fried ice cream

140
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What color was Nora’s candle last year?

A

blue

141
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What food did Sofia Moreno order for her two boys?

A

fajitas

142
Q

What did Sofia and her two boys do when the server brought out their fajitas?

A

clap

143
Q

What did Sofia do to keep her boys from touching the flame?

A

pulled her kids to her

144
Q

What did Mom do when she heard the tremendous boom?

A

Shove Nora under the table

145
Q

What startled Nora awake from her nightmare?

A

yipping of coyotes

146
Q

What was Dad and Nora tossing before the shooting at the store?

A

tossing boxes of macaroni and cheese into a grocery cart

147
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Where did Nora and her Dad hide behind during the store shooting?

A

in the cereal aisle behind a tower of Frosted Flakes

148
Q

Is Nora thirsty?

A

yes

149
Q

Describe the Mojave snake.

A

greenish tinge, fading diamond pattern, white rings on tail, wider than black rings

150
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What did Nora think the Mojave snake could have been?

A

a diamond back

151
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Is a Mojave venomous?

A

Yes, deadly venomous

152
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What is Nora’s nightmare?

A

The shooting that happened on her birthday

153
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What is a grounding technique for coping with PTSD?

A

using your 5 senses

154
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What would Nora do if she was home for the hearing part of coping?

A

turn on music

155
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What would Nora do if she was home for the taste part of coping?

A

eat a chocolate from a jar of chocolates she keeps in her room

156
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Where does the Mojave snake strike?

A

At Nora’s ankles

157
Q

How many species of cactus won’t make you violently sick?

A

one kidn

158
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What type of cactus does Nora spot?

A

a barrel cactus

159
Q

Where does one needle pierce at her boot?

A

into her heel

160
Q

What did the park ranger at Montezuma Castle teach Nora?

A

a sing in a tree thinner than the rest indicates a drought occurred that year

161
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Where is Nora’s Before hair?

A

a foot of her hair from the tip

162
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What hairstyle would Danielle have braided Nora’s hair into?

A

fishtail

163
Q

What would Danielle rub into Nora’s hair before going to the pool?

A

lemon

164
Q

Where is Nora’s After hair?

A

six inches of hair from the root

165
Q

What color was Nora’s tank top?

A

white

166
Q

What does Nora use in replace of sunscreen?

A

mud

167
Q

Who was Gerard Manley Hopkins?

A

A poet who “would sit on a cliff and sketch sea waves, to see whether one every repeated” to see if there was a god

168
Q

What two animals mentioned uses the spines of the cholla to protect itself?

A

cactus wren and pack rat

169
Q

How do you know when mesquite beans are ready to eat?

A

When they rattle like the snake

170
Q

What shape and size are mesquite beans?

A

small and shaped like a sunflower seed

171
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What does Nora rub on her hands in replace of chalk?

A

dirt

172
Q

Where did Nora’s mom and dad meet?

A

on the face of a thousand-foot-tall cliff

173
Q

How did Nora’s mom and dad spend their honeymoon ?

A

zip-lining over rainforests

174
Q

What river did Nora’s parents raft?

A

whitewater rafted the Colorado river

175
Q

Where did they hike strapping Nora on their backs when she was younger?

A

The Grand Canyon

176
Q

Did Nora climb up with shoes?

A

No, she did it barefoot

177
Q

What are heart racing, body shaking, breath out of control?

A

anger cues

178
Q

What does Nora do with the rock after she cuts her hair?

A

throws it against the cave wall , and it shatters into pieces

179
Q

What is gone after Nora finishes screaming?

A

Her energy, voice, before hair, and off of her before

180
Q

What were the after affects of being bite by a bark scorpion?

A

back begins to burn, head spins, tongue swells, muscles twitch, eyes roll, and insides roil

181
Q

Who is strong enough to scare the Beast away?

A

Nora’s mother

182
Q

How many days can a person go without water?

A

three days

183
Q

How many days has it been since the flood after Nora wakes up in the refuge?

A

48 hours/2 days

184
Q

What is the msot powerful thing Nora has to power her clim?

A

anger

185
Q

What does Dad say is crucial when Nora was 6 at his rock gym?

A

grip strength

186
Q

What did Mary teach Nora to make?

A

balloon of floor

187
Q

How do you make a balloon of flour and with what?

A

“Take a regular birthday balloon, baking flour, and a funnel to fill it”

188
Q

Why was Nora able to hold on the canyon wall of rock ?

A

because she kneaded her balloon of flour thousands of times

189
Q

Where does Nora stop to consider curling up under its skinny branches?

A

a large palo verde

190
Q

Where does Nora stop in front of to ponder how to make a rope?

A

a large ocotillo

191
Q

How long would it take to weave a forty-foot rope?

A

too long

192
Q

Weave a rope like the ____ weave their beautiful baskets?

A

Tohono O’odham

193
Q

What did Dad and Nora use the prickly pear for?

A

prickly pear Popsicles

194
Q

What does Mom do while the three of them sit on the porch?

A

read her newest poem

195
Q

How many prickly pears would Nora have to eat to satisfy her need?

A

a thousand

196
Q

What did the sunblock smell like?

A

cocnuts

197
Q

What does Nora wish the dust devil was made of?

A

water

198
Q

What might Nora be when she’s older?

A

a park ranger

199
Q

What might Danielle be when she’s older?

A

A stylist

200
Q

What might Danielle be when she’s older?

A

no

201
Q

Does Nora pick up the phone when Danielle calls later the day she told her “You can’t!” and “Go away”?

A

no

202
Q

Why did Danielle chose to leave Nora’s life?

A

Because it was the only choice she gave her

203
Q

What does liminal space mean?

A

“Time between what was and whatever might come next”

204
Q

What give Nora the tiniest boost of strength and clears her mind?

A

The smell of creosote

205
Q

What does Nora do that scares the fox?

A

stretch out her hand

206
Q

How many more feet did Dad have to climb to make it to the top?

A

5 feet

207
Q

What flies in circles above Nora and Dad?

A

turkey vultures

208
Q

How does Nora know that Dad isn’t dead?

A

the twitch of his finger

209
Q

What has Nora come to realize/found in the desert?

A

she is more than what one person did to her and that past year

210
Q

What skin pigmentation are Nora’s legs?

A

brown

211
Q

What leg does Nora break?

A

her right leg

212
Q

What did Danielle teach Nora to do?

A

bake snickerdoodles, braid a fishtail, and to dive

213
Q

What does Nora’s leg hit first when she climbed down to Dad?

A

his legs

214
Q

What happens to the flare gun after Nora pulls it?

A

it slips from her fingers into the canyon

215
Q

“Why did the elephant sit on the marshmallow?”

A

To keep from falling into the hot chocolate

216
Q

What was Nora reading in the beginning of Part Three?

A

read her poems to dad

217
Q

What does Nora do after she put down her notebook in Part Three?

A

take a drink of water

218
Q

What inspired this book?

A

A flash flood that took nine people who were from Bowlings hometown of Cave Creek out of this world

219
Q

What does Nora say as she climbs down the canyon?

A

” On rappel!”

220
Q

Does Nora freeze while she climbs down the canyon?

A

yes

221
Q

What helps Nora unfreeze when she climbed down the canyon?

A

poetry

222
Q

What color was the rope that Nora and Dad use to get down the canyon?

A

bright red

223
Q

How are Nora’s fingernails?

A

bitten

224
Q

Has Dad ever seen a mountain lion?

A

yes, but only from a safe distance

225
Q

What poem does Nora use to calm herself and finish climbing down?

A

” Layers, layers, and layers./Smooth pale seams/upon rough spatters of rainbow red/upon pitted and pockmarked pink/upon vines of graph./Layers, layers, and layers

226
Q

What haiku does Dad tell Nora?

A

“This canyon is small/ But it’s way way way bigger/ than shrimpy Nora”

227
Q

What haiku does Nora tell Dad?

A

“Hypervigilance/ Dad won’t let me go to school/ He’s protecting me”

228
Q

What does Nora do even though her Dad tells her not to?

A

read the news

229
Q

How is Dad carried away by the black water?

A

lying on his back, floating on his backpack, hands folded over his chest

230
Q

How does the water arrive and how does it leave?

A

Arrived like a tsunami, but leaves like bathwater trickling down a hair -clogged drain

231
Q

What unhelpful, unhealthy place does Nora go to?

A

the place of what if

The Nation of Nerds ( 2022 Battle of the Books) (8 decks)

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