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Run Again, C to G

1. Circe (SIR-see) was feared for her power to:
turn men into pigs
pull ships down a whirlpool
lure sailors with her singing
throw deadly thunderbolts

2. Defenestration (dee-fin-uh-STRAY-shun) of something means:
protecting it from enemies
tossing it through a window
moving it to another country
dividing it into small parts

3. An ellipsis (ee-LIP-sis) is most likely to occur in:
the evening sky
an oil reservoir
a sentence
a hair salon

4. Fibrillation (fib-ruh-LAY-shun) means:
recurring fever
stiffness of joints
too-fast heartbeat
muscle cramps

5. A geode (GEE-ode) is a kind of:
artificial satellite
shallow mine
ancient poem
holey stone