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What is the significance of the 'turnpike' mentioned in the excerpt?
What is the significance of the 'turnpike' mentioned in the excerpt?
- It represents the end of the wintry road.
- It was a marketplace where the townspeople gathered.
- It symbolizes a literal barrier to Margaret's journey into adulthood. (correct)
- It was a church that Margaret attended as a child.
Margaret Oliphant has vivid memories of the summer mornings when Frank walked to Edinburgh.
Margaret Oliphant has vivid memories of the summer mornings when Frank walked to Edinburgh.
False (B)
What activity does the narrator vividly recall doing by the fire in the mornings?
What activity does the narrator vividly recall doing by the fire in the mornings?
toasting a cake of dough
The coach to __________ started near Todd the baker's shop.
The coach to __________ started near Todd the baker's shop.
Match the term with its meaning:
Match the term with its meaning:
What does the narrator's mother do that creates a "strange, little, warm, bright picture"?
What does the narrator's mother do that creates a "strange, little, warm, bright picture"?
Frank was known for his excellent singing voice.
Frank was known for his excellent singing voice.
What does the narrator compare Frank to, indicating his importance in her life?
What does the narrator compare Frank to, indicating his importance in her life?
The narrator remembers the winter mornings in terms of a picture with fire and _________ on the breakfast table.
The narrator remembers the winter mornings in terms of a picture with fire and _________ on the breakfast table.
What caused the narrator to weep bitterly in the street?
What caused the narrator to weep bitterly in the street?
The narrator initially remembers a grand mansion in Waltyford, where she was born.
The narrator initially remembers a grand mansion in Waltyford, where she was born.
What was the special feature of the morning attributed to the baker?
What was the special feature of the morning attributed to the baker?
Frank walked from Edinburgh to home on _________ nights.
Frank walked from Edinburgh to home on _________ nights.
According to the glossary, what does 'dissipation' mean?
According to the glossary, what does 'dissipation' mean?
The excerpt is a work of fiction.
The excerpt is a work of fiction.
In what village did the narrator live in a 'little house'?
In what village did the narrator live in a 'little house'?
The narrator felt anxiety that Frank too, like a man singing in the street, might have to _________ .
The narrator felt anxiety that Frank too, like a man singing in the street, might have to _________ .
What type of trees formed an arch over the wintry road?
What type of trees formed an arch over the wintry road?
Match the person to their relation to the narrator:
Match the person to their relation to the narrator:
The author was speaking out about attending school.
The author was speaking out about attending school.
Flashcards
Turnpike
Turnpike
A barrier across a road where drivers or pedestrians must pay to go further.
Dissipation
Dissipation
Waste of energy.
Extract's Focus
Extract's Focus
Margaret Oliphant's autobiographical excerpt recalls her early life in Lasswade, her brother Frank, and vivid childhood memories.
Toll-bar Function
Toll-bar Function
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Frank's commute
Frank's commute
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Winter Morning Memory
Winter Morning Memory
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Dough Cake
Dough Cake
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Study Notes
Margaret Oliphant's Autobiography
- The author remembers nothing of Wallyford, where she was born.
- She remembers Lasswade, where the family lived in a small house on the road to Dalkeith.
- A wintry road ended in her consciousness with ash trees forming an arch.
- Underneath the arch, she imagined a toll-bar blocking the way to the world.
- Edinburgh was the world, accessible by coach from near Mr. Todd's bakery.
- Frank would return home on Saturday nights from Edinburgh.
- He would walk six miles from Edinburgh to spend Sunday at home.
- He would walk back on Monday mornings.
- The author vividly remembers winter Monday mornings with a fire and candles.
- It seemed a waste of energy to be up so long before day.
- The author recalls sitting on a stool by the fire, toasting dough.
- The baker brought the dough with the early rolls for Frank.
- The dough was a special part of the morning, probably exclusive to those occasions.
- The mother hovered around the table, pouring tea.
- The mother supplied everything that Frank wanted and looked at him with love.
- Frank, the dearest companion, was later separated from the author.
- Frank was alienated, brought back under the author's care later in life.
- Frank was bright, kind, and fond of his little sister.
- He was like a god to the author and was always called "my Frank."
- The author recalls crying over a shabby-genteel man singing in the street.
- She cried because she thought the man looked like Frank.
- This was when Frank was absent.
- The mother feared Frank might have to sing in the street.
- Frank couldn’t sing a note.
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