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Narration Prompt
Before discussing, summarize the chapter's movement in your own words: how Montgomery establishes Mrs. Rachel and Avonlea, the anomaly that provokes her, the exchange at Green Gables, and the narrator's closing turn.
Discussion Questions
- Montgomery introduces Mrs. Rachel through a narrator who admires her 'capable' management even while satirizing her surveillance. How does this doubled tone position the reader toward small-town watchfulness, and why might Montgomery withhold a single verdict on her? Use details from the chapter.
- Marilla justifies a momentous choice partly by noting that Matthew 'so seldom' wants anything. What is the strongest objection to letting the rarity of a desire settle a serious decision, and does the chapter give Marilla good reason to answer it? Use details from the chapter.
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