Question 1

The Pull of the Stars

What are two examples given at the beginning of "Red" that there is disease in the city?

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Question 2

The Pull of the Stars

What is What is the purpose for all the posted signs throughout the novel?

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Question 3

The Pull of the Stars

Describe the makeshift shrine that Julia passes in "Red."

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Question 4

The Pull of the Stars

In "Red," how long has it been since England has had a general election? When do they plan to have another one?

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Question 5

The Pull of the Stars

What has changed, regarding the tram, since Julia was last on it?

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Question 6

The Pull of the Stars

What are four nicknames given for the deadly influenza pandemic?

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Question 7

The Pull of the Stars

Why does Julia count herself lucky, regarding the pandemic?

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Question 8

The Pull of the Stars

How did Julia receive her nurses training, and how long has Julia worked as a nurse?

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Question 9

The Pull of the Stars

Where had Julia planned on going for her short vacation? Why did she not get to go on leave?

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Question 10

The Pull of the Stars

How does Julia describe what she calls a “weird malady?”

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Question 11

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Who is Mma Ramotswe?

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Question 12

The Path Between the Seas

What is notable about the date of October 20, 1893?

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Question 13

The Path Between the Seas

What are some of the problems author David McCullouch finds Ferdinand de Lesseps has as being key to his failure?

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Question 14

The Path Between the Seas

What takes place in Havana, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War of 1898 that encourages Theodore Roosevelt in his zeal for a canal in Central America?

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Question 15

The Path Between the Seas

Who is Rear Adm. John Grimes Walker?

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Question 16

The Path Between the Seas

What are the two routes U.S. proponents of a Central American canal fight for?

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Question 17

The Path Between the Seas

What role does Chicago Times-Herald reporter Walter Wellman play in the Central American canal scenario?

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Question 18

The Path Between the Seas

As the Morgan Committee rejects the recommendations of the Walker Commission, what are the rumors that are circulating around Washington?

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Question 19

The Path Between the Seas

The chances against Panama being selected as the location for a canal over Nicaragua are reportedly 100 to 1, until what two events occur?

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Question 20

The Path Between the Seas

Where does David McCullough get his subtitle for Chapter 12?

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Question 21

The Path Between the Seas

What are some of the critical points of the Hay- Herran Treaty ratified by the Senate 73-5 on March 17, 1903?

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Question 22

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

For his birthday, Greg really wanted a

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Question 23

The Path Between the Seas

It is stated the Navy recalls 1850 because Lt. Isaac Strain and his party nearly perish trying to locate a path at Darien, yet what are other reasons beyond that?

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Question 24

The Path Between the Seas

Among the earliest authoritative studies, the Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, published in 1811, is sketchy about a number of things, but is adamant about what?

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Question 25

The Path Between the Seas

In Chapter 1 of his book, David McCullough views a number of expeditions that were made in Central America in the early 19th-century looking for the ideal route, but what did he find as common to every canal proposal?

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