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CHAPTER 3<br />
• Do you like haircuts? Why or why not? Has someone ever made you get your hair cut when<br />
you didn’t want to have one? How did this make you feel?<br />
• How did Olemaun feel about her birth-given name being changed? How would you feel if<br />
someone changed your name without your permission?<br />
• What kind of education do you think the students will be receiving?<br />
CHAPTER 4<br />
• Have you ever been asked a question you could not answer or read from a page where you<br />
did not recognize the words? How did this make you feel?<br />
• Do you think it was fair what the Raven made Olemaun do in front of the class? Explain.<br />
• Why do you think Raven has chosen to pick on Olemaun?<br />
CHAPTER 5<br />
• What reasons did Olemaun give to explain why the nuns were keeping the children at<br />
the school?<br />
• Why do you think Olemaun stopped complaining about the work?<br />
• Olemaun said that she discovered that Rosie was right about something, what was it?<br />
What did you think of Olemaun’s reaction?<br />
• Olemaun wanted to write a letter home to her father. What did she want to write and what<br />
happened to the letter instead? Why do you think the Raven did not want Olemaun writing<br />
her own letter?<br />
CHAPTER 6<br />
• Do you think Olemaun’s consequences for not speaking at the station were fair?<br />
Why or why not?<br />
• What was different about the stockings the Raven gave to Olemaun?<br />
Why do you think she did this?<br />
• What do you think Olemaun will do to stop “this fatty legs business”?<br />
• What did Olemaun do with the stockings? Do you think this was a good or bad idea? Explain.<br />
CHAPTER 7<br />
• How long had it been since Olemaun heard her real name?<br />
• Olemaun was sure that her father would not let her return to school when she told him about<br />
the Raven. Do you think she will go back?<br />
• Why do you think Olemaun’s mother reacted to her in a particular manner when Olemaun<br />
returned? How would this make you feel? Why do you think her parents had different<br />
reactions?<br />
• What do you predict will happen after Olemaun is settled in at home? Explain.<br />
AFTER READING THE BOOK<br />
• Why do you think Olemaun refers to Sister MacQuillan by her name but refers to the cruel nun<br />
as the “The Raven”?<br />
• Throughout the novel, Olemaun is wanting to learn how to read. What do you think she<br />
learned in this story? Explain.<br />
• Alice's curiosity led her to chase the rabbit down the hole. Olemaun thought Alice was brave<br />
for doing so. Do you think Olemaun was brave in her decisions? Why?<br />
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