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1. What bird appears in the title of Chapter 1?

Auk.

2. What is the title of the poem that Cecilia is reading aloud in the book's opening?

The Song of Hiawatha.

3. What does Miss Darlington's irritation when Ned knocks at their door reveal about Miss Darlington?

She has very rigid ideas about etiquette.

4. How long has Cecilia been Miss Darlington's ward?

10 years.

5. What figure of speech is present in the phrase "winter dreamed in her eyes" (3)?

Personification.

6. When Miss Darlington corrects Cecilia's use of the word "steal" by saying "Obtain by private means," which device is this an example of (4)?

Euphemism.

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