1. Who did Santiago meet in the bar and what did he need help with? pg 38 2. Where in Africa is Santiago at this time? pg 40
3. why is Santiago sad, ashamed and moved to tears in the marketplace in Africa? pg 42
4. What items did Santiago find on him that gave him peace? pg2
5. What are the names of the stones and what are they used for? pg 43
6. What is the phrase the king of Salem told Santiago that came back to memory? pg 44
7. Who did Santiago help in the marketplace when he woke up? pg 45
8. The crystal merchant was in business for how many years? where was he positioned in the market?
pg 47
9. How did Santiago get something to eat in the marketplace? pg48
10. Why did Santiago begin to feel his soul falling in despair? pg50

To improve your understanding of an informational text, the question you should ask yourself as you read is: do i agree with what the author says in this text? who assigned me to read this text? what details in the text are unclear to me? what other texts has this author written?

What symbolic aspect did brother vu and mother leave behind? book = inside out and back again

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”