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What do the repeated italicized words “bang-bang-bang-bang-bang” in both paragraphs 1 and 5 emphasize?
E2.4F
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2.
In paragraph 2, what does exhume mean?
E2.2B
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3.
Which quotation best suggests that Kevin probably feels increasing pressure from external expectations?
E2.5C
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4.
How are paragraphs 8 through 10 important to the development of the plot?
E2.6C
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5.
Why does the author include the extended flashback in paragraph 1?
E2.6C
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6.
What does the narrator suggest about Kevin in paragraph 3?
E2.4F
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7.
Read this quotation from paragraph 7.
Based on the quotation, the reader can infer that Kevin feels —
