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Refer to details from the text to support your understanding of why soldiers are escorting Beals and other students–both from ideas that are directly stated and ideas that you have inferred from clues in the text. What might the soldiers represent?
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Beals makes a point to mention that she hadn’t kissed her mother goodbye. What can you infer from this? Why is it significant? Highlight evidence in orange to support your answer.
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Explain why the last two paragraphs of the selection are significant to the order structure. How might their impact have changed if Beals had begun her story with these paragraphs, then described what happened before them?