Crossing to Safety | Short Essay Answer Key

Short Essay Answer Key

1. Describe how the author introduces the reader to Larry Morgan at the beginning of the novel?

Larry wakes up in a cabin at Sid and Charity's vacation property in Massachusetts. He seems to have a difficult time pulling out of sleep, commenting on his cataracts and tiredness. It's clear that Larry is aged. Everything around him is as familiar as home can be, though this is his friends' summer home. He thinks about his many years of memories in this spot, how they always seem to come back to Sid and Charity.

2. What is the setting for the beginning of the novel?

It is 1972, but as Larry gets up and walks around the forest feeling the cool morning air, he feels that it could just as easily be 1938. The Lang compound is quiet, not a soul is stirring, so Larry...
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