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Prologue
1. Why does Mary Alice have to live with Grandma Dowdel?
Away in a Manger
18. What part does Mary Alice get in the school play?
19. We learn how Grandma Dowdel makes her money right after the first snow. What
do she and Mary Alice do in the middle of the night?
20. Why does Mary Alice continue to go out with Grandma Dowdel on snowy nights even
though she is revolted by what they do?
21. What "present" does Grandma Dowdel get for Mary Alice from the Sears mail-order
catalogue?
22. What is in the manger during the Christmas program, AND to whom does it belong?
23. What THREE surprises/presents does Grandma Dowdel have for Mary Alice the
night of the Christmas program?
A Dangerous Man
29. What is the last present Bootsie brings Mary Alice?
30. Why does Arnold Green come to Grandma Dowdel's house to look for a room?
31. How much does she charge him, AND why is this outrageous?
32. Why has the WPA sent him to Grandma Dowdel's town?
33. What does Grandma Dowdel "warn" Arnold Green about?
34. What is Mary Alice's plan for getting to Royce McNabb before Carleen Lovejoy?
35. Describe the incredible event that occurs when Royce McNabb visits Mary Alice.
36. Why does Grandma Dowdel have Mary Alice invite Miss Butler to dinner?
Ever After
42. What job does Mary Alice have during the war?
43. Why does she return to Grandma Dowdel's house?
44. Who does she marry?
Post Reading
45. List three examples from the novel of why everyone in town is fearful of Grandma
Dowdel. (Be specific.)
46. Although Grandma Dowdel appears to be a tough, insensitive woman, she's really
very compassionate. List FIVE specific examples from the novel of Grandma
Dowdel's compassion.
47. By the end of the novel, Mary Alice is beginning to show some of Grandma Dowdel's
characteristics. Give THREE examples of ways in which Mary Alice is similar to her
grandmother.