Robert Olen Butler, Christmas 1910
Read Christmas 1910 and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. Why does the narrator, Abigail, envy Mary in the Christmas story?
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2. Abigail’s closest friend is
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3. Abigail tells John Marsh that he didn’t hear her in the barn because her father was “continuing to bend [his] ear.” What does this comment reveal about her character?
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4. What do Abigail and John Marsh disagree about?
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5. Why does Abigail ride her horse away from home on Christmas morning?
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