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St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
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“Ava Wrestles the Alligator”
Reading Check
1. What are all of the alligators at Swamplandia called?
2. What does Ava call the man she meets in the swamp?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. When Ava returns to Swamplandia from her meeting with the man in the swamp, what does she do for the first time?
2. On the morning after the Swamp Prom, what does Ossie’s note say about Ossie’s whereabouts?
“Haunting Olivia”
Reading Check
1. Where do Timothy and Wallow find the “diabolical goggles”?
2. What is Wallow’s real name?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. What happened to Olivia?
2. What does the encounter with the ghosts of the shrimp convince the boys might be true about their sister?
Paired Resource
“How a Queer Fabulism Came to Dominate Contemporary Women’s Writing”
- This seminal article on feminism and fabulism explores how female fabulists create texts where marginalized groups’ intangible emotional and intellectual concerns manifest themselves in the physical world.
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