1.  Page 6-7, Para. 1, "In the late...fresh fruit and vegetables."
I choose this passage because it compares the past/before the Depression with the present/during the Depression and informs the reader the changes that is taking place in the nation.

*What does this passage tell us about the Depression?

Answer: A lot of people do not have money and currency is whatever one has to trade.

2.  Page 8, Para. 1, "My fifth grade...everything they owned."
I choose this passage because it informs the reader some of the effects of the Great Depression.

*Why did some wealthy people jump out windows during the Great Depression?

Answer: They had lost all of their money in the stock market crash.

3.  Page 1, Para. 4, "Nighttime was my friend...Papa home."
I choose this passage  because it is an example of personification.  The night is being given human qualities because Margo is describing it as her friend.

*Why do you think the night was Margo's friend?

Answer: She liked to count the star constellations.

4.  Page 3, Para. 3, "Nobody ever told...Charlie's whole leg."
I choose this passage because it is foreshadowing that the money they borrowed for the operation may cause problems.

*What does the passage mean by papa had to arrange things?

Answer: He had to arrange and pay for the Dr. and his hotel, travel fare, and surgery that operated on Charlie.

5.  Page 14, Para. 6, "Miss Dobson...in the wind."
I choose this passage because it informs the reader about the Dust Bowl during the Depression.

What is the Dust Bowl?

Answer: A severe drought in the west when all the crops died due to the lack of rain.