Mercy | 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.

Prologue Abstract

* A woman has emptied out her house of a man's things and has a yard sale, taking whatever she can get for her husband's belongings.
* A little after five-thirty, her husband returns home and goes into the house, but within seconds returns to the front yard. The woman simply tells him...
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