What is the buildings name where the main character and her family live?
What is El building
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Why does Elena's mother very upset on the day that she gets let off from school early.
It is because President Kennedy got assassinated
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What word means showing careful reserve in speech or action?
Discreet
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Who was the president that died during the time period that this story takes place?
President Kennedy
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What does the main character call the building next to her apartment?
What is Eugene' house.
200
Why did the Jewish old couple leave the house?
What is they left the house because the old man died so the old woman sold the house.
200
What does distraught mean?
upset by doubt or mental conflict
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Before Eugene's family moved into El Building, who lived in their place?
Old Jewish Couple
300
What school do Eugene and Elena attend throughout the story?
What is Pubic school Number 13.
300
Why is Elena sad when she got back from going to Eugene's house?
What is she was sad because Eugene's mother told her that he does not need to study with her because if he becomes to attached then it will only make it harder to leave.
300
What word means a group classified by grade or rank?
hierarchy
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What name is given to Eugene because of his southern accent?
The Hick
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Where did Eugene and Elena spend some times after school together?
What is the library.
400
Where are Elena's parents from?
Where is Puerto Rico.
400
What does hysterical mean?
displaying excessive emotion, often through uncontrollable laughter or tears
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Who told the narrator that Eugene did not want to study with her because if he too becomes attached it will just make it harder for him to leave?
Eugene's Mother
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Where is the city in this fictitious story located?
What is Paterson, New Jersey.
500
On the day Elena gets let out early why does she not go with her mother to church to mourn for the dead President?
She was going to study with Eugene.
500
What is a martyr?
a person who sacrifices his or her life for the sake of a principle or cause