Ms. Christine Eng

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How to Contact Me

  • Telephone:  (415) 759-2700

My Courses

  • 9th grade English
  • 10th grade English

My Notes

9th grade:

List of characters from Greek Myths to study for test:

1. Chaos

2. Gaea

3. Uranus

4. 100-Handed Giants

5. Cyclopes

6. Titans

7. Furies

8. Cronus

9. Rhea

10. Hestia

11. Demeter

12. Hera

13. Hades

14. Poseidon

15. Zeus

16. Atlas

17. River Styx

18. Iris of the Golden Wings

19. Charon

20. Cerberus

21. Metis

22. Athena

23. Fates

24. Muses

25. Graces

26. Aphrodite

27. Eros

28. Ares

29. Hephaestus

30. Leto

31. Apollo

32. Artemis

33. Persephone

34. Abas

35. Ascalaphus

36. Arachne

37. Pandora

38. Epimetheus

39. Prometheus

40. King Midas

41. Pan

42. Dionysus / Semele

43. Daedalus

44. Icarus

45. Perdix

46. Pygmalion

47. Galatea

48. Narcissus

49. Echo

50. Hermes

10th grade:

Ch. 20 Questions for novel:

1. What traits does Lee seem to inherit from his father/mother?

2. What traits does Christine inherit from her father/mother?

3. Should Ida have told the children the truth about their fathers? Why or why not?

4. How were Lee and Christine results of foolish infatuation?

5. Pauline belives Christine is “repaying the crime of her origination.” What does this mean?

6. How did Christine’s fear change Lee?

7. Compare the bottom of page 369 with pages 144-145. How do the two

perceptions of the same story reveal the women’s misunderstandings of each other?

8. On page 371, in what way was the music “smothering” Ida? What is she feeling?

Why?

9. Is Ida a good mother? What is she feeling? Why?

10. Explain the significance of the last paragraph. Consider who/what’s “coming

and going” and who/what has been “caught and being let go.”

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