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RIGHT NOW Pass out papers. Title Section 40 “Odyssey Quick Write” and add it to your TOC. Write a response to this situation: You’re 27 years old. When you were 17, you were forced to leave home to fight in a war. Now you’re on your way home, but it’s been ten years, and you haven’t talked to your family in all that time. What are you thinking? You have about 10 minutes. Keep your pencil moving! RIGHT NOW

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