The Hiding Place | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

The Chest - This is where Dolores' mother lays her to sleep and closes the lid to hide her from her father.

The Rabbit Hutch - This is Dolores' hiding place when her father becomes enraged after finding Mary with Joe Medora.

Ruby Ring - Frankie Gauci inherits this from his father and then loses it during a game of cards.

The Moonlight Club - This is the name of the restaurant Joe Medora opens in the cafe he wins from Frankie after a bad hand of cards.

Dry Dock - This is...
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