| 1. | How would being raised by a grandparent be different from being raised by a parent?
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| 2. | Why do you think the boy's grandmother was sad about the war? |
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| 3. | What did the boy learn from doing chores on the farm? |
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| 4. | Would you prefer to live in a large city like Chicago or on a farm? What would be the advantages and disadvantages of each?
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| 5. | How do you think the boy felt when all the women around him spoke Norwegian? Have you ever been in a situation where everyone was speaking another language? What did you do? |
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| 6. | Why do you think the women loved the quilt? How did they show it? |
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| 7. | How did the quilt help the boy understand what love is? |
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| 8. | What did the boy learn from hearing the stories about the quilt? |
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| 9. | How did the war change the women's lives? |
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| 10. | How is Minnesota in 1944 different from Minnesota in 2006? |
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| 11. | What did the boy learn from the women and the quilt about family and friends? |
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| 12. | How does your family keep family stories and memories alive? |
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| 13. | What would you like to do for yourself to keep important events in your memory to share with your friends now and your family when you are grown? |
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