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Key Quotes Analysis - Part 2: Vermont

Directions: Read each quote below and identify its speaker and the character(s) who
relate to it. Then, circle the theme(s) listed in the Themes Key that apply to each quote.
Some quotes may lack a direct speaker (such as if the quote is an unnamed narrator) or
have no related characters. In those cases it is fine to leave the “Speaker” or “Related
character(s)” fields blank.

Themes Key
1 Wealth and Greed
2 Bigotry and Exclusion
3 Death, Loss, and Memory
4 Lies and Invention
5 Romantic Love vs. Family

“Beauty is a valid use,” Mummy argues. “It creates a Speakers:

sense of place, a sense of personal history. Pleasure,
Related character(s):
even, Cadence. Have you ever heard of pleasure?”

Related Themes:
1 2 3 4 5

You began asking me the day you woke in the hospital. Speakers:
‘What happened? What happened?’ I told you the truth,
Related character(s):
Cadence, I always did, and you’d repeat it back to me.
But the next day you’d ask again.
Related Themes:
1 2 3 4 5

“Cadence was the first, and it didn’t matter that she was Speakers:
a girl. I would give her everything. Just like a grandson. I
Related character(s):
carried her in my arms and danced. She was the future
of our family.”
Related Themes:
1 2 3 4 5