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Part I (Pages 1 - 74)

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Obreht, Tea. Inland. Random House, New York, 2019.

• The first section is titled Missouri and is told from the point of view of Lurie. This section switches between the past and present tenses.

• In the sections from Lurie's point of view, the sections are labeled with geographic locations Lurie visits and travels to.

• In the sections focused on Nora Lark and her family, the sections are labeled Morning, Midday, Afternoon, Evening, and Morning, and the action takes place over the course of a single 24-hour period with some flashbacks.

• Lurie speaks to a companion whom the reader does not yet know the identity of.

• Lurie and the companion, whom he addresses in the second person as "you," are in trouble, being chased by men.

• Lurie casts his memory back to his father...

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