MILCReek PoND Chapter 2 Questions

Where did Molly have to go with her mother?

What was Ma and Molly's first stop in town?     Why did they stop there?

Who was Mr. Richmond and what did Molly say about him?  

Answer explanation

Mr. Richmond was the owner of Milville General Store. Molly thought he was mean and unattractive.

4) Why didn’t Molly like Mr. Richmond?

Answer explanation

Molly considered him mean when he called her "Lil lap legged Moe," because illness as a young child caused her leg to get weak and give way at times. And he always wanted to know things that were none of his business.

Why do you think  Mr. Richmond waited on the “spindly-leg man with the cane” first?

Answer explanation

The man was considered white and Molly and Ma were not. This time period after slavery ended in the South-- called Reconstruction-- and later, produced practices and laws that kept Black and mixed-race people from being treated fairly.

Molly's favorite snack was potato chips?

• False, she enjoyed sweet candy and taffy

• True, she liked the spicy hot kind

• False, it was soda pop

• True, but she couldn't get any

What was on Molly’s mind while they were waiting to be checked out  and later on their way home?

• Why it was so hot outside

• How she could get more snacks

• Why they may have to move away

• Whether or not her brother went to find Alex

Where did they go after leaving Millville’s General Store?                      Why

• To the grocery store up the road to buy groceries

• To the ice cream shop to find a job

• To the restaurant to get something to eat

• To the boardinghouse up the road to find ma an extra job on weekend

What did Molly believe was her mother’s secret?

• Ma wants more money

• Ma wants to move

• Ma has a secret illness

• Ma wants to move to a better place

What had she finally convinced herself would happen?

• That Alex would still be interested in her

• They would have to come back to town again

• That they not have to move if ma could get a job at the boarding house

• They would have to move