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1. What is the significance of the security code to the author's parents' house?

The significance of the author's parents' security code of 1-4-9-2 is that 1492 was the year when Columbus "discovered" America. The author wished she knew how to change the code to the year before his arrival and all it brought.

2. What is the land around the author's parents' home like?

The land around her parents' home is polluted, both the river and the soil. A friend had moved away because he wanted to have a garden.

3. Why was the Sasha Doll important to the author?

The Sasha Doll was important to the author because it was one of her namesakes. She was obsessed with it as a child and took it to show-and-tell. It was special ordered by her grandmother for her mother at a time when the available dolls were all yellow-haired Barbies.

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