Prashana+Sathiyanesan

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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS 1. Ma got burned when she went out to the field to get help from her husband and Billie Jo had to get the kerosene out of the house. Instead of the kerosene landing on the ground it landed on Ma who coming back from the field. 2. Billie Jo's dad used the emeregency money to buy illegal alchohol. 3. Billie Jo thinks that most people are blaming her for causing her mother's death. She believes this because she heard the neighborhood women saying that Billie Jo threw the pail of kerosene, not how her dad left it there, not how it was her father who was drinking while his wife suffered they only said Billie Jo threw the pail of kerosene. 4. Ma thought the pail of kerosene by the stove was water so she poured it in and then it erupted into flames. 5. Billie Jo's dad got a job digging. 6. Billie Jo tried to beat out the fire with her hands. 7.It was either 10 cents or a book. 8. Billie Jo blames her dad for it because he was the one who left the pail of kerosene by the oven and went out drinking. 9. Billie Jo thinks her father is digging a hole to use as a pond he says but she believes that he is going to use it as his grave. 10. Arley Wanderdale wanted her to try playing the piano again because she was so good at it. 11.Because Ma got burned badly just before she about to give birth so the baby died along with her mother.

Prashana Sathiyanesan 11-3-10 In the book Small Steps by Peg Kehret if Peg was my daughter I would have been devasted every second I would be worrying about Peg but what would affect me the most would be what Peg was going through spinal taps,using the respirator,being paralyzed and having three kinds of polio. I would try to be optimistic about her three kinds of polio, I would probably be thinking "Maybe it's not so bad" or "At this moment she'e probably getting better" but at the same time I would still be thinking "She will probably be paralyed for the rest of her life, if it last as long as I hope it does". But not be able to see,hear,or talk to her or try to make her feel better. **My** parents couldn't even imagine being in that type of position.

11-10-10 In the book Small Steps by Peg Kehret if Peg wasin pain and the refused to turn her I do think she has the right to tell her parents about this because isn't it the job of nurses,doctors,and anyone medical related to make people feel better but i do understand the nurse's side to because she could've been doing someting very important before Peg interupted her.

When I was three I dislocated my elbow but when we got to doctor's the doctor was going to snap it back in but I begged her not to because I was afraid it would hurt to much but she did snap it back in and when she asked me to move my fingers it didn't hurt anymore. What I am I trying say is that sometimes you have to experience some kind of pain in order to get better.

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In the book Small Steps by Peg Kehret, Peg says " A window of understanding opened in my mind and a breeze of compassion blew in."what that actually means is Peg didn't understand why her roomates were listening to her conversations but when she said " A window of understanding opened up " she understood why they listened on her conversations, it was because they didn't have company very often as for the " A breeze of compassion blew" she felt compassion for the roomates.

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4.Peg worked hard in school because when her school in Austin had exams if she hadn't passed the exams she couldn't go to eight grade and she didn't want to be a grade lower than her friends. 5.Peg had to learn to play the accordion because that was her O.T activity,that and the accordion involves use of the muscles and that would be good exercise. 6. The United States accepted Sister Kenny's treatments because they saw the demonstration of her treatment and they were astounded by her results because her treatment had actually worked. Australia hadn't accepted her treatments because they said they were unnecessary and mistaken. 13. Peg couldn't have a pillow because she might drop it and slip on it and she couldn't go barefoot because her legs aren't strong enough stand her weight. 20. Sister Kenny had trouble getting her treatments recognized because the Australian medical officials said that they were unnecessary but the United States gave her a chance to demonstrate her methods.

1-24-11 The knife of never letting go - The book starts with Todd Hewitt, a boy living in Prentisstown. In this world there is no such thing as silence. That's because of a a germ called Noise. Noise reveals everyone's ones thoughts so no one can keep one secret. But one day in a swamp he discovers a place where there is silence. Which is virtually impossible. That's when Todd is caught up in a journey that reveal the secret Prentisstown managed to keep. I'd would definetly recommend this book to anybody who loves a book with suspense and major twists. I give this book a 5 out of 5. =__//﻿Prashana Sathiyanesan//__=

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