
What part of the story did they leave out? (Look at the italics at the top.)
What are paragraphs 1 and 2 about?
What are paragraphs 3 and 4 about?
What are paragraphs 5-7 about?

What are paragraphs 8-10 about?
What are paragraphs 11-15 about?
What are paragraphs 16-19 about?
What are paragraphs 20-22 about?

What is a summary of the excerpt?
Who
What
When
Where
Why
How
Which event from the excerpt suggests that Byrd will resolve her conflict?
What does Byrd's explanation in paragraph 13 reveal to the reader?
The author builds tension at the beginning of the excerpt by --
Which event initiates the rising action of the excerpt?
Read this sentence from paragraph 10.
When I snuck back into the kitchen a few hours later to retrieve it, the heat from the gaslight had cooked the spine, leaving a smoldering black mark.
Byrd's actions in this sentence best demonstrate her --
The sensory language in paragraph 1 helps the reader understand that Byrd --
For Byrd, going to Sweetwater most likely represents --
The final sentence of the excerpt suggests that Byrd most likely feels --