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Questions:
1. Copy a passage(s) from Chapter 1 that describes the setting.
2 ".Life was a battle, and Mother a tired and bitter captain. The captain I had to
obey." (p. 17)
--How is Mother like a captain of a ship? What has made Mother “tired and bitter”?
--What does this passage tell you about how Mattie feels about her mother?
3. Mattie comments, “Eliza was the luckiest person I knew”(p. 9). What is ironic about this statement?
4.Why do you think Mattie’s mother won’t let her attend Polly’s funeral?
2 ".Life was a battle, and Mother a tired and bitter captain. The captain I had to
obey." (p. 17)
--How is Mother like a captain of a ship? What has made Mother “tired and bitter”?
--What does this passage tell you about how Mattie feels about her mother?
3. Mattie comments, “Eliza was the luckiest person I knew”(p. 9). What is ironic about this statement?
4.Why do you think Mattie’s mother won’t let her attend Polly’s funeral?
