Thursday, February 5, 2009

#99: Main Street (18-20)

Discussion Questions (TeacherVision)
Chapter 18:
1. What does the Gopher Prairie Dauntless write about the performance (play)? Which opinion is correct, the paper's or Carol's? Explain your answer.

Chapter 19:
1. How is Miles's transformation into respectability similar to Carol's? How is he still looked on as "trash"?
2. How does Carol's perception of the town change at the library board meeting?

Chapter 20:
1. Now that Carol is in the midst of change, how is she reacting to it? Why is this surprising?
2. What do all the older married women of town think the child will do for Carol? How does their attitude towards her change? Give examples.

Vocabulary
Chapter 18:
1. scabrous (236): dealing with indecent material
2. intaglios (246): large ground drawings made by removing pebbles that make up desert pavement

Chapter 19:
1. decorous (258): marked by proper behavior

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