Mr. Wilson and Governor Bellingham assume that Pearl's refusal to answer their question means she cannot testify to Hester's suitability as a parent. The narrator suggests that Pearl deliberately chooses not to answer out of a mix of loyalty to her mother and a deeper understanding of the situation beyond her years.
the rise of 1960s counterculture
A woman
According to the narrator Shaila, the Irish response is much more friendly and open than that of the Canadians.
The words that best summarize the appearance of Miss Lottie's house according to the narrator are "ramshackle" and "neglected."
Atmospheric pressure
The narrator describes their father as being strict, disciplinarian, and often distant.
According to the narrator Shaila, the Irish response to her grief is much more friendly and open than that of the Canadians.
They can become thieves.
anxiety
Insufficient money
because she hadn't
They can live as beggers They can fight in Spain.