Read the excerpt from "Bone Detective," by Lorraine Jean
Hopping.
Based on the details in this excerpt, the author would most
agree that Diane France is
generous and friendly.
Diane stood in front of a mirror and stuck out her tongue. It
looked like a rosy pink welcome mat to her delicate insides.
Her usual rubber mold formula was out of the question—too
toxic. She wondered, What is safe to swallow, fast and easy
to apply, and hardens quickly into a firm mold?
cautious and fearful.
unwise and hasty.
curious and resourceful.
One of her horse-riding pals, a veterinarian named Mary
Wright, had the alginate. Mary told Diane that
alginate was a pink gummy material used to make molds of
teeth. If it was safe for pets, it should be safe for a tiger.
And people, too, Diane thought.