Events
Name one way the Luthers make money.
What is farming and wildcrafting
Who does Roy Luther sharecrop with?
What is Kiser Peace
What is the valley name the Luthers live in?
What is Trial valley
Describe Devola's character
what is cloudy- headed, naive, forgetful, irresponsible, and childish
What is Kiser Pease
What is the method the Luthers use to heal Kiser?
What is an onion bath
What is Mrs. Connell like?
What is judgmental, a gossip, rude, or nosy.
What is the Appalachian mountains or Great Smokey Mountains
What resources do the Luthers use to find and identify the plants they want to sell?
What is the Wildcrafting book from their mother and the list of plants from Mr. Connell
"You going to turn wildcrafter, Mary Call?"..."Oh, look for everything"..."Right now it's the time for leaves"(58).
What is Mr. Connell
what was one promise Mary Call made to Roy Luther?
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Why doesn't Roy Luther want Devola to marry Kiser Pease?
What is he is ignorant and selfish and takes advantage of the Luthers hard work
What is the Luther house like?
A wooden shack, only has a few bedrooms, wood plank walls, leaky roof, wood burning stove
What is Kiser's reaction to the piece of paper contract he signed to give the Luthers their house and twenty acres of land?
What is he wishes them luck
"A happy pappy is a poor, no- account mountaineer who sits rocking on the porch of his shot gun shack all day long waiting for the mailman to bring his charity check" (89).
What is Mary Call
What does Ima Dean do after she is told that Roy Luther died?
what is she beats her chicken with a stick
What is the name of the youngest Luther sibling?
What is Ima Dean?
What is the name of the store that the Luthers go shop at?
The General Store
what is jars of halved peaches or a bag of candy
"this is awful. It shouldn't be done this way. He [Roy] should have a proper burial" (80).
What is Romey
On which mountain was Roy Luther buried?
What is Old Joshua.
What was the name of the Luther children's mom?
What is Cosby Luther
Kisers house is much more luxurious/ modern than the Luthers. What is one fixture/ amenity of the house to prove this statement?
What is running water, electricity, heat, upholstered furniture, and a garage.
What did Romey and Mary Call leave for Kiser after they healed him with onions and took food from his cellar?
What is an IOU note
"I must commend your father- keeping you children together"... "there might be a time when he'll be glad to ask for help" (76).
What is Mrs. Connell