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Rebecca
Dust
The Trap
August from my Desk
100
A statue fell on her.
How did Rebecca die?
100
She grumbles at it.
What does Agatha Morley do with dust?
100
A fox.
What animal was the old man trying to catch?
100
North Dakota
Where does the story take place?
200
They thought badly of her.
Explain how people might have thought about Rebecca.
200
Angry because she hates dust.
Explain how Agatha might feel in her grave underground.
200
He broke his foot.
Explain what happened to the fox after he escaped the trap.
200
They tell a story of people working in a field.
Explain how the poem's words tell what the people are doing.
300
She didn't like anyone.
Why do you think Rebbeca started slamming doors?
300
Because she likes cleanliness.
Why do you think Agatha Morley hates dust?
300
Because he ate all the man's chickens.
Why do you think the man wants the fox?
300
Wide open fields in the tractor in the wheat.
How do you think the scene would look just by reading the poem?
400
Because she did nice things too.
If Rebecca was so obnoxious, why did people come to her funeral?
400
Clean up the dust.
Instead of grumbling at it, what could Agatha do to keep dust away?
400
He escaped the trap with his foot by breaking the steel bars.
How did the fox get his bloddy foot?
400
Tiring and depressing.
How would it feel to work all day like the boys in the poem?