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1. How does the narrator know Flora Grieves?

She is her dead mother's friend.

2. What job did the narrator's mother have as a young woman?

Teacher.

3. To whom had Flora once been engaged?

Robert.

4. Why did the man in #3 marry Ellie and not Flora?

He got Ellie pregnant.

5. With what disease is Ellie diagnosed?

Cancer.

6. Who came to care for Ellie?

A nurse.

7. What did the narrator's mother think of the person in #6?

She was selfish and uncaring.

8. Why did the narrator's mother leave the farm?

To get married.

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