The Hiding Place | 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.

Part 1, Waiting Abstract

* Dolores sits at her bedroom window waiting for her father to come home. She says when sees him she has to run down and tell her mother.
* Dolores explains she lives with her four sisters and parents in a cramped house in Cardiff, Wales. She shares her bedroom and...
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