Why does Hilary always hesitate when the Mitchell's ask her to baby sit?

The Mitchell's house is spooky and scary.

The mood of the story changes suddenly when Hilary...

sees the puddle on the kitchen floor.

Why does Hilary feel she owes "Them" a favor?

They destroyed the man who threatened her.

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Unit 5 Cluster 2 Voc/Literary

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Why does Hilary always hesitate when the Mitchell's ask her to baby sit?
The twins ususally cause trouble for Hilary.
The Mitchell's house is spooky and scary.
Mrs. and Mrs. Mitchell usally stay out very late
The Mitchell's do not want Hilary to eat when she baby sits.
2
To resist something is to..
follow behind it.
return it to someone.
fight against it.
lose it somewhere.
3
Precision means to do something in a way that is...
helpful.
new.
scary.
exact.
4
Capable means
able.
cap.
affordable
cape.
5
Vulnerable means...
helpless.
thoughtless.
hopeless.
restless.
6
Trace means...
fence.
truth.
trap.
mark.
7
Ritual means..
problem.
signal.
memory.
custom.
8
Lines 16 - 18 repeat the same idea, but with different people. The poet does this in order to
explain why the loss is so sad.
hint that the problem will end.
say that the woman was lonely.
show that no one is safe.
9
The poem is about the fear of...
forgetting.
desiring.
changing.
disappearing.
10
The poet ignores many rules of spelling punctuation, and grammar in order to create a mood of..
carlessness.
menace.
suspicion.
amusement.
11
Rely means to...
run from.
relax.
delay.
depend on.
12
The mood of the story changes suddenly when Hilary...
sees the puddle on the kitchen floor.
first does the warding spell.
watches the movie alone.
carries the twins to their bedroom.
13
The poet most likely chose the title "Beware:Do Not Read This Poem" in order to...
insult the reader.
interest the reader.
inform the reader.
frighten the reader.
14
Subside means to...
start over.
decide later.
trade places.
grow weaker.
15
Which word best describes Hilary?
helpless.
shy.
childish.
responsible.
16
Why does Hilary feel she owes "Them" a favor?
They hid the fact that she at the cookies.
They showed her how to flee the house.
They slipped the desk chair under the door knob.
They destroyed the man who threatened her.
17
When the narrator describes the twins, the tone is...
hopeful.
serious.
playful.
anxious.
18
Which word at the beginning of the "Baby Sitter" most helps to set the mood?
long, spun, antics
loved, things, ritual
end, clones, bad
horrors, dark, watching
19
According to the poem, which two things can trap people?
houses and old women.
mirrors and poems.
mirrors and old women.
hunger and poems

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