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King says that his dream   

The group of crimes that under common law were referred to as abuse-of-trust crimes eventually came to be called​

A prism is a transparent object that bends light.   What is the figurative meaning of prism?

In lines 24–31, the author describes how men stop throwing rocks so that she and her nieces can scramble toward the crowd. This incident illustrates the fact that 

What does opaque mean? 

What are America’s two “defining ideals” that are often in conflict?

The author’s details about locked hotels and snipers watching the crowd from above (lines 61–66)  help create a tone that is 

​First-degree arson includes burning unoccupied structures.

Written Response – Answer the following question based on your knowledge of the argument.  In what way does Quindlen think the events of September 11, 2001, are similar to the cold war?

The speaker of the poem