Answer:
One way that effectively helps is to recreate some conditions. For example, use the same pen, or chew the same flavor of gum. This will help you recall more information because it brings you back to the memory when you were studying the answers.
Explanation:
You could have had trouble answering these questions because of an encoding or retreival failure (failure to remember because there weren't enough cues to trigger your memory). You may have had an encoding failure because while you were distracted while you were studying. (Dividing your attention and trying to multi-task is the most common cause of encoding failure).
Answer:
and thirsty for its scant rain
Explanation:
The adjective <em>scant </em>implies that something is barely sufficient or enough, so from November to April it scarcely rains or snows, and the country is desirous for rainfall.
The rest of the options are incorrect because the sentences do not follow a parallel structure. Thus, it is more suitable to place an adjective like <em>thirsty </em>after the adjectives <em>chill </em>and <em>quiet </em>to describe the season.
The "great packing machine" refers to the slaughter industry the author describes through the book. He is trying to portrait and denounce the unhealthy, dangerous, almost-enslavement condition the workers suffer in that industry.