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| Why did Patty give Anton the shirt that had been her gift to her father on Father's Day? | Patty had paid for the shirt with her birthday money and had boght it at Oak Hall, an expensive men's store in Memphis. Her father had left it in the box and never even worn it. Her father had barely said thanks for the shirt. He showed he didn't love Patty because he discarded it as if it was northing. |
| In what way did patty think she was similar to Freddy? | Freddy and Patty were outcasts. Part of their outcastness has to do with simple geography. He was a country boy who because of some accident of his daddy's job lives right here in town. Patty's geography problem is that she is a Jewish girl wehre it's a really peculiar thing to be in Arkansas. Also, Patty felt different because all of the other girls seemed beautiful in their matching skirts and sweater outfits and she didn't feel pretty like that with her sash-tied dress. Plus her mother always criticized her. |
| why did Anton unexpectedly rish leaving his hideaway in daylight? What emotions do you think he was experiencing at that time? | He left the garage apartment to stop Patty's father from beating her. Anton wanted to protect Patty since she had befriended her and given him food and clothing even though he was a German soldier. It really upset Anton to see Patty's father beating her like an animal when he knew that she really couldn't have done anything that wrong. |
| According to Anton, how was Mr. Bergen like Hitler? | Anton said the cruelty is cruelty, and the difference between the 2 men may have more to do with their degrees of power than their degrees of cruelty. Both Hitler and Patty's dad both need to inflict pain. |
| do you think the author wants you to sympathize with Mr. Bergen when you learned how he behaved after the beating? | Mabe since Mr. Bergen says over and over to himself that nobody has ever loved me - he is showing how wants to make an excuse inhis own mind for his bad behavior toward Patty. "it's like the Boston Bombers making an excuse for killing people when he set off a bomb." |
| How did Mr. Bergen react to Patty's story about the ring? | Patty's dad called her a liar. |
| What do you think that Anton meant when he said, "I think there is more nobility in building achicken coop than in destroying a cathedral?" | It is better to create some small, good thing, thatn to tear down something that beautiful and great. It is more noble to create than to tear down. |
| What might have been the consequences if Patty ran away with Anton? | She could have been accused and convicted of treason for adding and abetting an escaped POW from the POW Camp. Also, she could have been killed with Anton when they tried to arrest him. |
| What was the significance of Anton's gift to Patty? | Anton told Patty that the love she has for him was not completely one-sided. He showed he cared for her too in his own way by wanting to protect her from her father. |
| Why did Anton and Ruth feel that it was time for Anton to leave his hiding place? Why didn't Patty agree? | Anton and Ruth knew that the risk in Anton being found out and the trouble they would be in with the law or FBI was great. |
| Why did Patty talke to Sister Parker about the ring? | Patty wanted Sister Parker to pay attention to her and give her the attention that she wasn't getting from her parents, so she told her about the ring to show that someone cared about her. |
| Why did Patty tell Ruth about Anton hiding in the garage? | Ruth had already seen Anton about to leave the hiding place of the garage to defend Patty when her father was beating her with a belt. He was willing to risk being caught just to protect PTTY FROM BEING BEAT UP BY HER FATHER. RUTH CONFRONTED PATTY WITH THIS INFORMATION AND PATTY WILLINGLY TOLD RUTH WHAT WAS GOING ON. |
| Why did Ruth believe that Anton was a good and decent man? | Ruth said that Anton came a-rushing out from the safety of his hiding place because he couldn't stand Patty's pain and anguish no better than Ruth. Anton listened to the love in his his heart. Ruth said, "like the bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there is no greater love in this world than that. |
| O. Henry | a famous American author that Patty likes to read |
| Guy de Maupassant | famous French writer that Patty likes to read |
| Betty Grable | a famous American actress that Patty think Sharon will look like in the future |
| Oak Hall | a expensive Men's store in Memphis that has been in business since 1887; 3 acorns is the logo on the gift box |
| Mr. Price Cook | He is the head man of the Draft Board that told ruth that her son, Rober, has to be in the Army to go fight in Europe. |
| charlene Madlee | the female reporter for the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper |
| Miss Hooten | the teacher in the beginning of the school year that caught Patty daydreaming in class about Anton |
| the 24 carat gold ring with the crest | it was the ring that Anton gave her before he kissed her and left to get on the train; it was his most valuable possession |
| C. J. Peters | the student in Miss Hooten's class who yells, "Saved by the bell!" |
| Juanita Henkins | she tries to remember the crops of Brazil in Miss Hooten's class |
| How much does Patty and Ruth give Anton to help him get away? | $4.65 |
| How much is left in the envelope that Ruth's mother has given to Mr. Eugene Jackson (the man who owns the cotton mill) to keep in his office safe after she has put in 50 cents to 75 cents for years and years? | $3.25 |
| What happened tot he money that was supposed to be in the envelope in Mr. Eugene Jackson's safe taht Ruth's mother had given him every week for years and years? | Mr. Eugene Jackson STOLE the money and kep it for himself, cheating Ruth's mother and keeping Ruth from being able to go to a teacher's college. |
| sue Ellen Henkins | she was Sharon's little friend who is going to buy tap shoes |
| Mrs. Henkins | she was Sue Ellen's mother |
| Gussie Fields | a worker in Bergen's Department Store |
| Shirley Temple | a famous Child actress that Sharon is compared to |
| Sue Dobbins | the dance teacher that Sharon performed in a dance recital |
| Freddy Dowd | he was the poor friend that Patty's father didn't want her to be friend's with; he went twice throught 4th grade with Miss Bailey; he bought a Hershey bar and hared it with Patty; it was because Patty was talking with him that Patty' father used as an excuse to beat Patty. |
| Edna louise Jackson | She was Mr. Eugene Jackson's pretty, but spoiled and snotty granddaughter; she was a rich kid |
| Mr. Eugene Jackon | He owned the cotton mill where Ruth's mother worked; Ruth's mother trusted him and put 50 cents to 75 cents in an envelope each week to keep in his safe for years, but he stole all of it but $3.25, which made it where Ruth wasn't able to go to the teacher's college. |
| Rice County National Bank | Mr. John Rusk works at the bank and marks every deposit that Ruth makes in the bank in a little blue book, so she can't get cheated out of her money. |
| Frederick Anton Reiker | "I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral?" |
| Ruth | the maid/nanny of Patty and Sharon Bergen; "We got plenty bad hearts right here in America. Telling bad stories about the dead ain't the best way to be spending time, and I ain't proud of myself even if I ddi jest tell it for purposes of illustration." |
| Mr. Bergen | "Edna Louise, you sure do look pretty today." |
| Patty | "You may not know this, but you and Anton are all the friends I've got." |
| "And this man, you gave him something too, didn't you?" | Mr. Bergen |
| Who supposedly said, "I could go through this world proud and happy if only God had seen fit to give me a daughter exactly like you." | the old man that Patty made up and said gave her the gold ring |
| "Well, did he touch you anywhere on your body?" | Sheriff Cauldwell |
| sheriff Cauldwell to Mr. Bergen. | "Give Patty back her ring." |
