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28 Cards in this Set
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Where do Buddy and his friend keep their money?
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It is in a beaded puse under a chamber pot under a floorboard under her bed.
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Who does not receive a fruitcake from Buddy and his friend?
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The relative tht he live with.
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What is important to Buddy's friend?
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Even though she does not go to church, she has strong feelings about God.
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Why does Buddy compare his friend to a bantam hen?
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She is small and sprightly.
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How does Buddy feel about his other relatives?
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They are unimportant. He barely acknowledges them
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What is a description of Buddy's friend in her relationship with othrers?
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She is generous, giving fruitcakes, sharing her time
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Buddy and his
Buddy and his friend do many activiteis together, including fluing kites and making decorations. What is something that they do not do? |
They do not travel together
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What finally separates Buddy and his friend?
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He is sent to militry school
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What does the quote "A morning arrives...when she cannot rouse herself to exclaim, "Oh my, it's fruitcake weather!'"
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She has died.
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What sense does "A straw cartwheel coursaged with velvet roses out-of-doors has faded..." appeal
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sight
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Which sense does "Sweet, oily, ivory meat mounts in the milk-glass bowl
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sight and touch
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What sense does "a hateful heap of bitter-odored pennies" appeal?
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smell
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What sense does words tumbling together into a wrathful tune" appeal
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sound
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What custom is an important part of the setting of the story?
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making and giving gifts
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What expresses the way and author feels?
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tone
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What expresses the way the author tries to make the reader feel?
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mood
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What customs of the characters hel show the time and place of the story
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Eating hominy grits for Christmas breakfast.
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Buddy and his friend go many places together such ast the forest and the riverside cafe. Where is one place they do not go?
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They do not go to chruch.
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Complete with a vocabulary word
a cheerful ________ |
disposition
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bats, balls and other sprots ______ |
paraphenail
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Rowdy behavior that is deemed _____ in church |
sacrilegious
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a neutral, _____ remark |
noncommittal
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appalled at the _____ on the battlefield |
carnage
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a company____ its new hiring policy |
inaugurating
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rundown and |
dilapidated
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a steep descent taht _____ roller coaster riders |
exhilarates
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a boring_______ task |
prosaic
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light that will ____ the room |
suffuse
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