Friend of My Youth | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Friend of My Youth

1. How does the narrator know Flora Grieves?

She is her dead mother's friend.

2. What job did the narrator's mother have as a young woman?

Teacher.

3. To whom had Flora once been engaged?

Robert.

4. Why did the man in #3 marry Ellie and not Flora?

He got Ellie pregnant.

5. With what disease is Ellie diagnosed?

Cancer.

6. Who came to care for Ellie?

A nurse.

7. What did the narrator's mother think of the person in #6?

She was selfish and uncaring.

8. Why did the narrator's mother leave the farm?

To get married.

9. What does Robert do when Ellie dies?

Marries the nurse.

10. Who had been Ellie's nurse?

Audrey Atkinson.

11. Which modern convenience was installed in Robert's half of the farmhouse?

Electric lighting.

12. Who does the narrator's mother blame for all of Flora's problems?

Nurse...
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