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Desert Exile, Speak Memory
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English
10th Grade
11/13/2008

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What is a personal narrative?
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true story about a memorable person, event, or situation in the writer's life
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What is an allusion?
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reference to a well-known person, place, event. literary work ,or work of art
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What is his attitude to the alone, unfortunate MIdget?
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He wants to be with him... He identifies with him
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procession
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number of persons or things moving forward in an orderly or formal way
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proficiency
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expertise
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portentously
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ominously scarily
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limpid
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perfectly clear; transparent
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Vladamir birth and death date
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1899-1977
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What did Vladamir do?
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novelist, poet, butterfly collector
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What language did he write in?
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English and Russian
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What have critics said he treated his words like?
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butterflies, each a rare, colorful specimen pinned to the page
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What was his family like?
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He was born into an upper class and politically liberal family
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How did his family respond to the Russian Revolution?
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In 1919, they went into exile. In 1940, they moved to the U.S. to escape life in Nazi Germany
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Name some of Vladamir's novels.
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Bend Sinister; Pnin; Ada; Speak Memory
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cursory
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superficial; done without attention to detail
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euphemism
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word or phrase substituted for a more unpleasant word or phrase
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conspicuous
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easy to see
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What were Yoshiko Uchida's birth and death dates?
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1921-1992
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When did Yoshiko's ordeal occur
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1942 - Executive ORder 9066
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where did her family move from?
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berkeley, california
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Where was her family sent?
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First to Tanforan Racetrack near San Francisco and later to an internment camp in Utah
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Where did her family live - specifically
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stable
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What happened to Uchida after teh war
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she attended Smith College in Massachuestts. She became a teacher wand an award-winning author who wrote more than thrity fiction and nonficition books
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When was Gerald Ford born?
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1913
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What happened with Ford's career?
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He turned down an opportunity to place pro football and studied law at Yale University
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What happened to Ford after his graduating?
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He studied law for a few years and was then elected to the house of representatives. he served here for nearly 25 yrs
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What propelled Ford further to presidency
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1973 - President Richard NIxon chose Ford to replace the present VP Spiro Agnew, who had resigned
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How did FOrd become president?
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NIxon resignd 8 yrs after choosing Ford as VP, and Ford became president- 38th to be exact
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