A TIME FOR ANDREW

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A TIME FOR ANDREW

• By
• Mary Downing Hahn

Diane Stammers Kuuipo Withington
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OBJECTIVE
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Mary Downing Hahn
Age 10
Today
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    I grew up in a small shingled house down at
the end of Guilford Road in College Park,
Maryland. Our block was loaded with kids my age.
We spent hours outdoors playing "Kick the Can"
and "Mother, May I" as well as cowboy and outlaw
games that usually ended in quarrels about who
shot whom. In the summer, we went on day long
expeditions into forbidden territory -- the woods
on the other side of the train tracks, the creek
that wound its way through College Park, and the
experimental farm run by the University of
Maryland. In elementary school, I was known as
the class artist. I loved to read and draw but I
hated writing reports. Requirements such as
outlines, perfect penmanship, and following
directions killed my interest in putting words on
paper. All those facts -- who cared what the
principal products of Chile were? To me, writing
reports was almost as boring as math.        
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Despite my dislike of writing, I loved to make up
stories. Instead of telling them in words, I told
them in pictures. My stories were usually about
orphans who ran away and had the sort of exciting
adventures I would have enjoyed if my mother
hadn't always interfered. When I was in junior
high school, I developed an interest in more
complex stories. I wanted to show how people
felt, what they thought, what they said. For
this, I needed words. Although I wasn't sure I
was smart enough, I decided to write and
illustrate children's books when I grew up.
Consequently, at the age of thirteen, I began my
first book. In high school, I kept a diary. In
college, I wrote poetry and short stories and
dreamed of being published in a book.
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By the time my first novel was published, I was
41 years old. That's how long it took me to get
serious about writing. Since Sara appeared in
1979, I've written an average of one book a year.
If I have a plot firmly in mind when I begin, the
writing goes fairly quickly. More typically, I
start with a character or a situation and only a
vague idea of what's going to happen. Therefore,
I spend a lot of time revising and thinking
things out. If I'd paid more attention to the
craft of outlining back in elementary school, I
might be a faster writer, but, on the other hand,
if I knew everything that was going to happen in
a story, I might be too bored to write it down.
Writing is a journey of discovery. That's what
makes it so exciting.
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POP QUIZ

• 1.) What state did Mary Downing Hahn grow up in?
• 2.) What type of game did she play growing up?
• 3.) What was she know in elementary as?
• 4.) Did she like to write as a child?
• 5.) How old was she when her first novel was
  published?

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POP QUIZ Answer Key

• 1.) What state did Mary Downing Hahn grow up in?
  
• She grew up in the state of Maryland.
• 2.) What type of game did she play growing up?
• As a child growing up, she played games
  such as Kick the Can,
• Mother May I, Cowboys Outlaw Games.
• 3.) What was she know in elementary as?
• She was known as the class artist in
  elementary.
• 4.) Did she like to write as a child?
• No, she did not like to write as a child.
• 5.) How old was she when her first novel was
  published?
• She was 41 years old when she published
  her first novel.

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CHAPTER 1-4
CHARACTERS
SETTING
Summary
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CHAPTER 1-4 VOCABULARY QUIZ

• Mock
• Reminisced
• Scurried
• Neglected
• Quavered
• Cantankerous
• Superstitious
• Namesake

• To move briskly.
• To utter sound in trembling unsteady tones.
• One named after another
• To give little attention to.
• Difficult or irritating to deal with.
• A belief or practice resulting from ignorance,
  fear of the unknown, or trust in magic.
• To make fun of my mimicking.
• To talk or think about things that happened in
  the past.

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CHAPTER 1-4 VOCABULARY QUIZANSWER KEY

• Mock
• Reminisced
• Scurried
• Neglected
• Quavered
• Cantankerous
• Superstitious
• Namesake

• To move briskly.
• To utter sound in trembling unsteady tones.
• One named after another
• To give little attention to.
• Difficult or irritating to deal with.
• A belief or practice resulting from ignorance,
  fear of the unknown, or trust in magic.
• To make fun of my mimicking.
• To talk or think about things that happened in
  the past.

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Chapter 5-8
Characters
Setting
Summary
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CHAPTER 5-8 VOCABULARY QUIZ

• a sequence of events especially when imagined
• to get a brief look at
• temporary withholding
• offensive to the senses and especially to sight
  exceedingly ugly
• the quality or state of being inadequate
• a coarse heavy woolen material with a thick nap
• to cease resistance
• to stop or hinder by breaking in

• Scenario
• Deficiency
• Suspension
• Glimpse
• Interrupt
• Duffel
• Hideous
• Relent

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CHAPTER 5-8 VOCABULARY QUIZANSWER KEY

• a sequence of events especially when imagined
• to get a brief look at
• temporary withholding
• offensive to the senses and especially to sight
  exceedingly ugly
• the quality or state of being inadequate
• a coarse heavy woolen material with a thick nap
• to cease resistance
• to stop or hinder by breaking in

• Scenario
• Deficiency
• Suspension
• Glimpse
• Interrupt
• Duffel
• Hideous
• Relent

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Chapter 9-13
Characters
Setting
Summary
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CHAPTER 9-13 VOCABULARY QUIZ

• A contagious bacterial disease with fever.
• Uttered or sounded in one unchanging tone.
• A person whose character has been weakened due to
  over pampering.
• To sway or rock back and forth as if to fall.
• To shrink away or crouch down from.
• By a narrow margin.
• To regain strength gradually after illness or
  weakness.
• To bulge or swell out.
• Being serious or dignified in appearance or
  behavior.

• Totter
• Diphtheria
• Scarcely
• Monotonous
• Billow
• Cower
• Solemnly
• Mollycoddle
• Convalescent

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CHAPTER 9-13 VOCABULARY QUIZANSWER KEY

• A contagious bacterial disease with fever.
• Uttered or sounded in one unchanging tone.
• A person whose character has been weakened due to
  over pampering.
• To sway or rock back and forth as if to fall.
• To shrink away or crouch down from.
• By a narrow margin.
• To regain strength gradually after illness or
  weakness.
• To bulge or swell out.
• Being serious or dignified in appearance or
  behavior.

• Totter
• Diphtheria
• Scarcely
• Monotonous
• Billow
• Cower
• Solemnly
• Mollycoddle
• Convalescent

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Chapter 14-18
Characters
Setting
Summary
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CHAPTER 14-18 VOCABULARY QUIZ

• To undergo or cause to undergo death or loss of
  consciousness caused by a lack of oxygen.
• The expression of grief and respect for a beloved
  person who has died.
• A ruler who exercises power in a harsh or cruel
  manner.
• To initiate or conduct a legal action against
  someone.
• A device that makes a series of clicks separated
  by precise, adjustable intervals of time.
• Showing deep feeling or great emotion.
• The condition of being ignorant lack of
  knowledge.
• To take money or property for ones own use in
  violation of a trust.
• Feeling or caused by guilt.

• Prosecution
• Embezzling
• Asphyxiated
• Tyrant
• Contrite
• Mourning
• Ignorance
• Metronome
• Fervently

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CHAPTER 14-18 VOCABULARY QUIZANSWER KEY

• To undergo or cause to undergo death or loss of
  consciousness caused by a lack of oxygen.
• The expression of grief and respect for a beloved
  person who has died.
• A ruler who exercises power in a harsh or cruel
  manner.
• To initiate or conduct a legal action against
  someone.
• A device that makes a series of clicks separated
  by precise, adjustable intervals of time.
• Showing deep feeling or great emotion.
• The condition of being ignorant lack of
  knowledge.
• To take money or property for ones own use in
  violation of a trust.
• Feeling or caused by guilt.

• Prosecution
• Embezzling
• Asphyxiated
• Tyrant
• Contrite
• Mourning
• Ignorance
• Metronome
• Fervently

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Chapter 19-24
Characters
Setting
Summary
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CHAPTER 19- VOCABULARY QUIZ

• To come into view appear.
• To bring or come together so as to form one
  unite.
• Having a serious mental disorder insane.
• A mound of earth or stone built up to hold back
  water or to support a roadway.
• A facial expression of contempt made by raising
  one corner of the upper lip slightly.
• A sharply mocking remark a contemptuous taunt.
• Too proud of oneself or ones accomplishments
  vain.
• To cut, scoop out, or make grooves in.
• Someone or something that is or like a monster,
  deformed, grotesque huge, enormous, frightful
  and/or shocking.
• To drop straight down plunge.
• Something that serves to guard or give warning of
  approaching danger.

• Sentinels
• Sneer
• Gouge
• Demented
• Monstrosity
• Sarcasm
• Conceited
• Emerge
• Merging
• Embankment
• Plummeted

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CHAPTER 19- VOCABULARY QUIZANSWER KEY

• To come into view appear.
• To bring or come together so as to form one
  unite.
• Having a serious mental disorder insane.
• A mound of earth or stone built up to hold back
  water or to support a roadway.
• A facial expression of contempt made by raising
  one corner of the upper lip slightly.
• A sharply mocking remark a contemptuous taunt.
• Too proud of oneself or ones accomplishments
  vain.
• To cut, scoop out, or make grooves in.
• Someone or something that is or like a monster,
  deformed, grotesque huge, enormous, frightful
  and/or shocking.
• To drop straight down plunge.
• Something that serves to guard or give warning of
  approaching danger.

• Sentinels
• Sneer
• Gouge
• Demented
• Monstrosity
• Sarcasm
• Conceited
• Emerge
• Merging
• Embankment
• Plummeted