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MISS UNSINKABLE

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Violet isn’t fitting the image of a middle-aged stewardess, so she was failing at her interviews.

Who is failing at her interviews? Violet is failing at her interviews. Is she fitting the image of a middle-aged stewardess? No, she isn’t fitting the image of a middle-aged stewardess.

Employers are thinking that her youth and good looks will cause problems with the passengers.

What are employers thinking about her youth and good looks? Employers are thinking that her youth and good looks will cause problems with the passengers.

Violet isn’t letting these rejections stop her.

Is Violet letting these rejections stop her? No, Violet isn’t letting these rejections stop her.

She is doing her best to find the plainest, out-of-fashion frumpy clothes she can and she is not wearing make-up to her interviews.

What is she doing her best at? She is doing her best to find the plainest, out-of-fashion frumpy clothes she can. Is she wearing make-up to her interviews? No, she isn’t wearing make-up to her interviews.

Her plan is succeeding, and she is being hired.

What is succeeding? Her plan is succeeding. Is she being hired? Yes, she is being hired.

In 1910, Violet is working aboard the Olympic, one of three enormous sister ships.

When is she working aboard the Olympic? She is working aboard the Olympic in 1910.

People are calling these ships giant palaces of world-class luxury.

What are people calling these sister ships? People are calling these sister ships giant palaces of world-class luxury.

They are carrying thousands of people across the ocean.

How many people are they carrying across the ocean? They are carrying thousands of people across the ocean.

They are providing upscale restaurants and guestrooms, all furnished with the finest silk cloths and furniture.

Are they providing upscale restaurants and guestrooms? Yes, they are providing upscale restaurants and guestrooms.

Violet is working on the Olympic for just one year when the first of her three disasters happens.

Is she working on the Olympic for just one year or many years? She is working on the Olympic for just one year.

Guests are relaxing aboard the Olympic on a calm and quiet day when the accident happens.

What are the guests doing when the accident happens? Guests are relaxing aboard the Olympic on a calm and quiet day when the accident happens.

The HMS Hawk is mysteriously slamming into the side of the Olympic.

What is slamming into the side of the Olympic? The HMS Hawk is mysteriously slamming into the side of the Olympic.

Everyone is questioning why the accident happened.

Who is questioning why the accident happened? Everyone is questioning why the accident happened.

Luckily, none of the guests are sleeping in the guest rooms, which is where the Hawk first hits.

Who is sleeping in the guest rooms? No one is sleeping in the guest rooms.

The Hawk is tearing a hole into the side of the Olympic, but the ship isn’t sinking.

Is the ship sinking? No, the ship isn’t sinking.

Violet is returning home safely. She isn’t mentioning the accident in her diary.

Who is returning home safely? Violet is returning home safely. Is she writing about the accident in her diary? No, she isn’t mentioning the accident in her diary.

The End.