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TINTIN IN AMERICA
READ THE STORY TINTIN IN AMERICA. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

1. Why are the gangsters worried about Tintins visit to Chicago?

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2. What important mistake did the artista make on the first page of this book?
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3. How does Tintin escape the trap set for him when he first arrives?
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4. Who saves Tintins life from Al Capones killer?
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5. Why is Tintin chased by the police on page 8?
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6. Why doesnt the gas in Bobby Smiless cellar kill Tintin?
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7. Why does Tintin head for Redskin city?
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8. Why does Bobby Smiles turn the indians against Tintin?
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9. How does Tintin get the Indians fighting each other so he can escape?
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10.Why isnt Tintin killed by his fall from the Cliff?
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11.How does Tintin escape from the secret underground cave?
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12.How do the oil men treat the Indians differently tan they treated Tintin?
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13.Why is Tintin almost lynched?
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14.Why do the gangsters demand $50,000 from Tintin?
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15.How does Tintin escape death in the sausage Factory?
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16.Why is the Great Bolivar unable to lift his weights?
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17.Why does Tintin get a ticket-tape parade at the end of the book?
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18.How many incredible escapes from death did Tintin have in this book?
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19.This book paints a picture of America in a place of gangsters, cowboys and
gullable Indians, ruthless businessmen, and strikes. Is this fair? How so?
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