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What does he think about soil? - ✔✔He learns a lot from the soil, and he does a heap of
thinking about many things when he walks along following a plow and turning over great rows
of good soil
Who is Bobby Burns? - ✔✔The Scotch poet who used to make up a lot of his rhymes while
plowing and harrowing
What does York say about poetry and art? - ✔✔Alvin believes that we all have got a little
poetry in us, and it takes old mother nature to bring it out. The best poems are in nature, and I
never written down
What is the music that York loves? - ✔✔He goes out hunting, and waits until the dogs hit the
foxes trails. They begin to Bay, and that is the music York loves to hear.
What is he hunting? - ✔✔Alvin is hunting foxes. Red and gray ones are the two foxes around
there. He also hunts melton cats, squirrel, bear, bees, Koons, dearest, and hogs
What does he say has a language of its own? - ✔✔He says the forest has a language of its
own.
How does York feel about the bees? - ✔✔He thinks bees have a natural dislike for him. They
come right at him, and sting him all over causing him to jump around. Of all the animals, he
believes the bees are the worst. He strongly dislikes the bees stings or messing with them
What is a saddle bagger? - ✔✔They are old Presbyterian, methodist, and Baptist preacher
med that played a smart part and civilizing the people of the mountains. They carry big
saddlebags on their horses
, What is the only thing that can stand between the mountain people and their God? - ✔✔The
Bible
Why does York list the names and then the number of sermons and baptisms? - ✔✔I think
he wants to give them all credit and show his appreciation. They helped many lives, and weren't
even paid some times. He wanted to show their importance
Who was the most famous preacher? - ✔✔Ab Wright
Describe the allusion at the end of chapter 8? - ✔✔The statement is an allusion in the Bible
about John the Baptist
Fractiousness - ✔✔Tending to be troublesome, unruly, quarrelsome, irritable, bad tempered
Why does Alvin York devote a chapter to his mother? - ✔✔I think he does because he wants
to show his love and how grateful he was. His mother was always there for him, and she's the
one who helped him get saved. She was the best mother in the world to him
Describe how Yorks mother and father were married - ✔✔His father and mother grew up
together, and lived in the same Valley. They had to run off to be married. They ran off to his
mothers uncles house who was a squire in married them
Describe what type of mother your cat, and what do you think were her most outstanding
characteristics? - ✔✔She loved and cared for all 11 of her children, and did everything she
could to give them the best life. She was always happy which is outstanding with 11 children.
She would give her own life or any of her children, and cared about other people too. She was a
hard-working, God fearing women who sacrificed much for her family
What does Alvin mean when he says he was making up his mind and getting control of himself?
- ✔✔He means he was finally starting to put his life back together and quit drinking,
smoking, cussing, and gambling. He was leading towards the point in his life to be saved, and
met Russell who helped him
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