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Identify the AUTHOR of the following passage: He was a slaver of souls in the twentieth century. He was a killer and a liar and a thief, but that didn’t matter to me. […] My domination of him came from a personal conflict we were having. I didn’t want to be another one of his slaves. I was foolish enough to believe that I could take his money and keep my freedom.

Identify the CHARACTER represented in the following passage: “Come here,” Michael says. His blood thuds thickly under my ear, the skin of his arm like tepid water. The road winds through fields and wood, all the way south to the Gulf, and the light that cuts through the windows flutters all around. Where the road meets the Gulf, it skirts the beach for miles. I wish it ran straight over the water, […] wish it was an endless concrete plank that ran out over the stormy blue water of the world to circle the globe, so I could lie like this forever, feeling the fine hair on his arm, my kids silenced, not even there, his fingers on my arm drawing circles and lines that I decipher, him writing his name on me, claiming me.

Identify the CHARACTER represented in the following passage: ____ leaned himself wearily against the wall of the upstairs hall, his head resting against the gold frame of an engraving of a ruin. “I keep thinking of this house as my own future property,” he said, […] I keep telling myself that it will belong to me someday, and I keep asking myself why.” He gestured at the length of the hall. “If I had a passion for doors,” he said, “or gilded clocks, or miniatures; if I wanted a Turkish corner of my own, I would very likely regard Hill House as a fairyland of beauty.”

Identify the AUTHOR of the following passage: Francis Marion Tarwater’s uncle had been dead for only half a day when the boy got too drunk to finish digging his grave and a Negro named Buford Munson, who had come to get a jug filled, had to finish it and drag the body from the breakfast table where it was still sitting and bury it in a decent and Christian way, with the sign of its Savior at the head of the grave and enough dirt on top to keep the dogs from digging it up. 

4-year-old thin cow with profuse watery diarrhea   Name the etiologic agent responsible for the changes present in this section of ileum    

While walking to her car in a dimly lit parking garage, Mei Lin hears a loud sound behind her, which causes her to experience intense fear. According to the text, the fear Mei Lin now feels involves all of the following EXCEPT:

Randy is a bold person who enjoys stimulating and risky activities. His latest activity involved skydiving off mountainous cliffs. Randy is likely:

Jeff, who is 14, engages in rigorous tennis drills or competitive play at least four hours every day because he wants to master the sport and play on one of the best university teams in the country. His goal and behavior best illustrate the concept of:

Howard is preoccupied with accumulating new Facebook friends because he loves the attention it gives him. On his Facebook page he posts daily photos of himself that are designed to show off his good looks and body build. Howard best illustrates characteristics of:

Cassandra’s mother told her, “You know you are in love when your heart beats fast and you experience that unique trembling feeling inside.” This remark best illustrates the: