When Georges is picked to be captain of the blue team, why does Dallas call it the “blue tongue team”?

Book: Liar & Spy

Answer:

Dallas called it the "blue tongue team" from the science class experimentation where Georges had volunteered to help Mr. Landau, the science teacher, explain about the taste buds.

Explanation:

Rebecca Stead's "Liar and Spy" is a children's story about a young boy named Georges and his family's move into a new apartment, his new environment at school and his new friendship with his neighborhood children. The story also delves into his interest in the "spying" world of Safer, his neighbor.

When Ms. Warner selected Georges to be the captain of the blue team, Dallas, the school bully called out "blue tongue team". This is from the incident in Mr. Landau's class where he had volunteered to be tasted for how many taste buds a person has. Mr. Landau had put a "white paper reinforcement . . . [then] dips a Q-tip into some blue water" after which he used his "digital camera, takes a close-up, and projects the picture onto the whiteboard". This is a way to explain to the class about the taste buds through the practical presentation of the "blue tongue-flesh protruding through the hole in the reinforcement that is still in my mouth, magnified ten thousand times." And from this point forward, Dallas started the "blue tongue team" title.

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O A. Because of his experience as a firefighter, Matthew provided a unique introspection.
OB. Gillian stood up straight and braced herself for her mother's introspection of her outfit.
ОС.
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young apple-tree, which, planted by birds or cows, had shot up amid the rocks and open woods there, and had now much fruit on it, uninjured by the frosts, when all cultivated apples were gathered. It was a rank wild growth, with many green leaves on it still, and made an impression of thorniness. The fruit was hard and green, but looked as if it would be palatable in the winter. Some was dangling on the twigs, but more half-buried in the wet leaves under the tree, or rolled far down the hill amid the rocks. The owner knows nothing of it. The day was not observed when it first blossomed, nor when it first bore fruit, unless by the chickadee. There was no dancing on the green beneath it in its honor, and now there is no hand to pluck its fruit,—which is only gnawed by squirrels, as I perceive. It has done double duty,—not only borne this crop, but each twig has grown a foot into the air. And this is such fruit! Bigger than many berries, we must admit, and carried home will be sound and palatable next spring. What care I for other apples so long as I can get these? 2 When I go by this shrub thus late and hardy, and see its dangling fruit, I respect the tree, and I am grateful for Nature’s bounty, even though I cannot eat it. Here on this rugged and woody hillside has grown an apple-tree, not planted by man, no relic of a former orchard, but a natural growth, like the pines and oaks. Most fruits which we prize and use depend entirely on our care. Corn and grain, potatoes, peaches, melons, etc., depend altogether on our planting; but the apple emulates man’s independence and enterprise. It is not simply carried, as I have said, but, like him, to some extent, it has migrated to this New World, and is even, here and there, making its way amid the aboriginal trees; just as the ox and dog and horse sometimes run wild and maintain themselves. 3 Even the sourest and crabbedest apple, growing in the most unfavorable position, suggests such thoughts as these, it is so noble a fruit. Excerpt from "Wild Apples" by Henry David Thoreau. In the public domain. I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, 5The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown, The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, 10The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs. "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, from Leaves of Grass. In the public domain. Question 1 Which sentence BEST states the author’s point of view regarding people who are ambitious? A It was a rank wild growth, with many green leaves on it still, and made an impression of thorniness. B Some was dangling on the twigs, but more half-buried in the wet leaves under the tree, or rolled far down the hill amid the rocks. C Most fruits which we prize and use depend entirely on our care. D It is not simply carried, as I have said, but, like him, to some extent, it has migrated to this New World, and is even, here and there, making its way amid the aboriginal trees.

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Question 9
Read the sentence from the passage.
Yes, there was the sea with the dawning sun making a golden dazzle over it, and toward th
glorious east flew two hawks with slow-moving pinions.
What is the meaning of the word pinions?

А
flowers

B
feathers
C
moths
D
tracks

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A The vacationers saw many jellyfish snorkeling.
B They listened to the songs whales make at Renata's house.
C While racing for the train, the hat flew off my
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