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A phrase in paragraph 7 that helps the reader understand the meaning of the word thunder in the same paragraph.
What is ... growling of the cat
How does Balboa justify his brutal behavior toward the Indians in paragraph 22?
What is ... By comparing the tragedies occurring in Spain to the Indians’ situation
Did the curse worry Balboa? Perhaps a little. He occasionally revisits a particularly spectacular feat of bloodshed—the time Leoncico tore a chieftain’s head from his shoulders—with a pang of concern.
The author uses the language in this excerpt most likely to —
What is ...
to foreshadow Balboa’s fate
Images or objects used in a text repeatedly to convey an abstract idea.
What is ... symbolism.
A symbol for what Balboa would like to be.
What is the lion.
A phrase from paragraph 9 that helps the reader understand the meaning of the word hindsight.
A question in paragraph 10 that best illustrates how point of view contributes to the development of the theme, the importance of hindsight?
What is "What stupidity made him send the governor, Martín Fernández de Enciso, back to Spain?"
In paragraph 3, Balboa represents the division between _____ and ______.
He represents the division between the world of the past and the world of the future.
When Balboa trains the war dogs to dismember children, what theme of the story is supported?
Those in power must be ruthless to gain obedience.
A symbol for a conscience.
What is ... the monk
Define pristine
clean and new
When Balboa climbs the mountain alone, what theme is supported?
Those in power live in fear of rebellion.
Balboa the gambling pig farmer, who, in an effort to escape his debt, has found himself at the very edge of the world.
Rewrite this fragment as a complete sentence in past tense.
Balboa was a gambling pig farmer who, in an effort to escape his debt, found himself at the very edge of the world.
What is an antonym of protrude?
sunken or inconspicuous
What part of speech is provision.
noun