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8. Overheard in the Lab:
What’s the Word?

10. See for Yourself:
Nothing to Sneeze At

12. Who’s Who:
The Medical Team

15. Case #1: The Mystery of the Killer Bird Flu!
An 11-year old girl and her mother die
from a serious flu. Is this the start of a
worldwide health crisis?

—When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad!,
John DiConsiglio

If you wanted to know specific details about someone who had bird flu, which page would you read?
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Which detail from "to build a fire" best supports the idea that most of the real yukon prospectors had little experience for surviving in cold weather? it happened. it was his own fault or, rather, his mistake. he should not have built the fire under the spruce tree. there was the fire, snapping and crackling and promising life with every dancing flame. he would have to build a fire and dry out his footgear. this was imperative at that low temperature—he knew that much. the flame he got by touching a match to a small shred of birch bark that he took from his pocket.

Which two lines in this excerpt from elizabeth bishops the fish suggests that the speaker respects the fish

What characteristics show passage 3 to be poetry?