Briefly describe how the overall population growth rate is related to birth and death rates.

True or false: Body heat loss speeds up after 12 hours following death.

Make Predictions

What did the Bataan Death March foreshadow about the war in the Pacific?

Write the complete subject of the sentence.

The real challenge was the re-creation of the death of the ship.

Why do you think Julius and Ethel Rosenberg received the death sentence?

The police forensics specialist must determine whether the death was accidental or the result of _______ intent.

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What does "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" say to you about war and combat?

(a)Interpret: How has the event changed the speaker's relation to his own people?
(b) Draw Conclusions: Consider the speaker's own religious traditions. What does he mean when he says "this Birth was / ... like Death, our death."(lines $38-39$)?

What does it mean when King compares the experience of suspense to a waltz with death in line 23?

How does the death of his wife affect Monsieur Lantin's standard of living?

The story’s central event is the death of Ted Lavender, which the story returns to again and again. Why do you think the story revisits this event so often? Do you think this repetition honors Lavender or trivializes his death? Explain your answer.

What were the ways in which the Black Death brought about the end of the manorial system?

How would you interpret line 3, "But I hung on like death"?

Within minutes of a death, certain insects are attracted by the smell of the first stages of decomposition.