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1. In "Kentucky, 1936," what does a librarian on her mule see?

A librarian and her mule spot something at the same time. They see a body swaying back and forth below a branch from which it hangs. There is a rope around the person's neck. Turkey buzzards circle above. Cries from the ground draw the librarian's gaze from the body to the ground where a baby lays in the dirt.

2. What does Cussy do and what does her pa want her to do in Chapter 1?

Cussy is a librarian with the Pack Horse Library Project. She is paid $28 a month delivering books to folks who need book learning up in the hills. Her father wants her to quit her job and to get married. He has offered a cash dowery for her and land.

3. Why did an old mountain doctor give Cussy the nickname of Bluet?

Cussy is one of the Blue People of Kentucky. Her lips and nails are blue and her skin is the color of the bluet patches growing around their woods. Emotions like embarrassment, joy, anger, or being startled cause her skin to turn to a blueberry blue. When an old mountain doctor saw that a healthy girl like her could turn as blue as a bluet damselfly, he nicknamed her Bluet.

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