Chapter 3:
1.  What was Lucy Elizabeth's opinion of men?
2.  Why didn't Russell want to hear about his grandfather?
3.  Who was Sam Reever?
4.  What was Lucy Elizabeth's opinion of alcohol and its effects?
5.  How did Lucy Elizabeth meet her husband?  What attracted her to him?
6.  How did Ida Rebecca feel about her son's marriage plans?
7.  What was the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?
8.  What was the average family size of families like Ida Rebecca's?
9.  Why do you think Lucy Elizabeth didn't want Russell to spend so much time at his grandmother's?

Chapter4:
1.  Who was buried in the glass coffin? Why was it so difficult to sell?
2.  Why was Brunswick more interesting than Morrisonville?
3.  Describe Aunt Goldie and her home.
4.  Why did Russell like to visit Uncle Tom and Aunt Goldie?

Chapter 5:
1.  Describe Russell's first family trip.
2.  Uncle Miller had one characteristic that bothered Russell's mother? What was it?
3.  Find a passage that shows that Ida Rebecca was superstitious.
4.  Why did Russell's father dress up to go to the hospital?
5.  In the chapter, find some typical activities that occured after a death in the family.
6.  What made Russell's mother change her mind about giving up Audrey?

WRITING ASSIGNMENT #2

Choose 2 topics:
1.  In Chapter 3, we find out that Lucy Elizabeth wanted to improve Benny after she'd married him.  Do you think that it is common for husbands and wives to feel the same way?

2.  Lucy Elizabeth and Ida Rebecca had a volatile relationship.  In your experience, is this common?

3.  What do you think of what Lucy Elizabeth did to Doris' present (see pg. 54)?  Explain.

4.  How are women's lives today different from women's lives during Lucy Elizabeth's time?

5.  In Chapter 5, the activities surrounding a funeral were described.  Are those activities similar to or different from what happens in your native country?  Explain.