Intruder in the Dust Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Chapter 1 Abstract

* Mr. Edmonds invites Charles rabbit hunting.
* Charles goes hunting with his black servant Aleck Sander and one of Edmonds' tenant's sons and falls into a creek.

Chapter 2 Abstract

* When Charles pull himself out of the water a strange black man called Lucas is standing before him. The...
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