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| Why did Patty compare herself to the one-eyed cat named Esmeralda? | She was a survivor; she survived in tact, too, like the cat survived the tornado. |
| Why did Patty give Ruth her ring? | She knew that Ruth would keep it for her. |
| What evidence led the FBI to Patty? | the clue was the Oak Hall blue shirt with her father's inititals on it that Patty had bought for him the previous Father's Day. |
| Why did Mr. Bergen fire Ruth? | Mr. Bergen said that he thought that a lot of Patty's meanness was because of Ruth. |
| What was the town's reaction to Patty's conduct? | They yelled "Jew Nazi-lover" at Patty and spat at her. |
| Why wasn't Patty's grandmother angry with her? | Her grandmother said, "She just gave food to a starving man." |
| What did Charlene Madlee admit may be the cause of interest in Patty's story and all of the criticism leveled at her? | Charlene felt that people were upset because Patty was Jewish and why would she be helping a German who was killing Jews. |
| What did Mr. Grimes mean when he repeated the advice "to anyone who has to go before the bar of justice . . . beware of at least 2 people: the lawyer the state hires to convict you and the lawyer you hire to defend yourself"? | Mr. Grimes told this story because he knew of a bank President who was convicted of a crime that |
| Why was Patty's own lawyer upset with what she did for Anton? | He said that what Patty did made all Jewish people look bad and now every Jew's loyalty would be questioned - she had embarrassed Jews every where. |
| What comparison did Patty make when she first saw the reform school? | Patty said the Reformatory looked like the Mempis Zoo with the fences keeping the animals inside like the zoo. Also, the wire on the windows reminded her of the zoo. |
| What did Patty dream she would do when she became eighteen and the war ended? | She dreamed that she would go to college and that she would go to Germany and meet Anton's parents and that they would want Patty to stay with them since Patty was a friend to Anton. |
| What do you think were the qualities in Patty that made her so special to Ruth? | She was kind, strong, and unique. |
| Why did Patty choose "Antonia Alexander" as her future nom de pulme? | She made up this nom de plume because it reminded her of Anton, the German POW that she befriended, and she picked "Alexander" because of the alliteration, both names starting with the same letter "A." |
| What was the lasting gift Anton's friendship brought to Patty? | He gave her unconditional love and made her feel that she was of value. |
| Tommy McDonald | boy whoe farm was destroyed by a tornado; 8 cows injured; one cow killed; the one-eyed cat, Esmeralda survived, in tact, just like Patty. |
| Coach Rawlings | the study hall teacher |
| Mr. Wilhelm | the FBI agent that told Patty that she would be staying longer at her grandparents in Memphis because people were harassing her parents with phone calls and breaking the window of the store in Jenkinsville |
| Miss Evelyn Laud | the guard at the Girls' Reformatory in Bolton, Arkansas, that told Ruth that she had to leave now; she was the head matron of the Gilrs' Reformatory and the girls called her Miss Bald. |
| Ruth Hughes | the black maid that visited patty i the Girls' Reformatory in Bolton, Arkansas where Patty had to stay for 4-6 months. She told Patty that when she started working for the Bergens that she loved Patty the most. She gave Patty back the ring that Anton had given her. Also, she said that she believed that Anton loved her and that she was a person of value. |
| What did Patty's mom send her while she was in the Girs' Reformatory? | a sweater |
| What did Ruth bring Patty when she visited her at the Girls' Reformatory? | fried chicken in a cornmeal batter, and ginger snaps that are Patty's favorite. |
| Cora Mae Ford | she is the colored scool teacher who Ruth now works for and she has a baby boy, Augustus |
| Charlene Madlee | She is the reporter for the Memphis Commercial Appeal Newspaper who sent a gift subscription in the mail for newspaper for Patty to read while she is in the Girls' Reformatory in Bolton, Arkansas |
| Mavis Mccall | the roommate in the Girls' Reformatory that called Patty "Natz" |
| What college does Patty dream of going to? | Briar Cliff, which is a private school in New England, but Patty's mom says that she was not such a fancy girl that she would need a fancy school |
| Mr. Kirshner | Patty's lawyer who said that Patty had embarrassed Jews everywhere and made every Jew's loyalty be in wuestion |
| Shanley's Restaurant | the restaurant that Mr. Grimes and Patty stopped at to get Patty something to eat - her last decent meal before she has to spend 4-6 months in the Girls' Reformatory in Bolton, Arkansas. She had a hamburger, french fries, coffee and a piece of lemon meringue pie. |
| Morris Frank | the President of Beth Zion Temple (a Jewish Synagogue) in Memphis, Tennessee |
| Mr. Cranston Hollis | the bank President that Mr. Grimes told Patty about who was convicted of stealing $185,000. from the bank, which he said that he didn't steal; the bank president said there were 6 other people who had more of an opportunity to steal the money than he did |
| Charles Hammett | editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper |
| Antonia Alexander | the nom de plume or pen name that Patty made up for herself to use as an author |
| Andre Kostelanetz | the band director of the orchestra that was playing on the radio |
| Briar Cliff | a private boarding school that Patty wanted to go to, but her mother said, "Where do you dream up such ideas?" |
| Sam Fried | Patty's grandfather and her mother Pearl's father; neither he nor grandma went to visit Patty at the Girls' Reformatory in Bolton, Arkansas |
| Where did Patty have to go to serve her 4 to 6 month sentence for delinquency? | The Jasper E. Conrad Arkansas Reformatory for Girls in Bolton, Arkansas |
