From Blythe to Battle Mountain

Task: Read pages 41-61 and answer the questions below?


1. Why does Jeannette act tough for her father?


2. Why does Brian, in solidarity, try to fight for Jeannette? How and why does his reaction differ from their
father’s?


3.What does the crop-dusting plane suggest about the children’s lives?



4. What does Mary’s attitude toward the piano outside suggest about her character?



5. What do you think of the Walls family’s reading habits?