How did the Tiananmen Square experience affect her mother's adult life?

she has a desire to feel safe and follow rules

How did being locked in the house affect the narrator's mother?

she felt guilty about her friends dying

What does the narrator's verbal analogy mean?

If the she scores well on the SAT, her mother will feel valuable

How does the narrator's conversation with her dad influence the way she views her mother?

it causes her to wonder how her mother went from being fearless to fearful

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Safety of Numbers

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1
An example of this would be, "Life is like a box of chocolates."
simile
analogy
two of the above
metaphor
2
How did the Tiananmen Square experience affect her mother's adult life?
she feels like she missed out on her childhood
she continues to be an activist against the Chinese government
she always feels safe and secure
she has a desire to feel safe and follow rules
3
Why does the narrator crack open a window?
to add fresh air to the room
so that her mother would know she had been there
to be able to smell the flowers in the garden
to cause her mother to panic
4
A weak idea or something that is not well connected would be considered as
contrite
ridiculous
commiserate
tenacious
5
When you don't want to get doing something, you want to be careful, lowkey, and
congenital
brusque
discreet
rude
6
The desire to do something; determination
scavenge
motivation
commiserate
expose
7
How did being locked in the house affect the narrator's mother?
she liked being alone
it made her feel trapped
she felt betrayed by her family
she felt guilty about her friends dying
8
Who is the author of Safety of Numbers
Lucy Chen
Lucy Woo
Lucy Zee
Lucy Tan
9
If you are petrified, you are
made of stone
beautiful
extremely frightened
very worried
10
What does the narrator's verbal analogy mean?
it showed how she and her mother are just alike
If the she scores well on the SAT, her mother will feel valuable
she will be able to do what she wants in her life
it shows her mother that she can get good grades without studying
11
When you respond with few words in a rude way, you are being
alacrity
bellicose
discreet
brusque
12
What do the narrator's choices reveal about what she values?
she likes breaking and entering
she values taking risks and being independent
she values freedom
two of these answers
13
How does the narrator's conversation with her dad influence the way she views her mother?
it causes her to wonder how her mother went from being fearless to fearful
it causes her to wonder what inspired her mother to be an activist
it causes her to challenge her dad's description of her mother
it causes her to hate her mother even more
14
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