Liars' Quiz 1

A. Please write specifically about Mary's feelings about her grandmother. What are some of her grandmother's habits? What does she suffer from? What does she think about Mary and Lecia? What does she reveal to Mary about Mary's mother?

Mary has very ill feelings toward her grandmother. At one point she says that she should feel bad about blaming her for "much of the worst hurt in my family, but she was such a ring-tailed bitch that I do." (P.41)
Some of her Grandmother's habits would be just to say things like "Can I make a suggestion?". She would start doing things like making Mary and Lecia read the Bible or spying on the neighbors and completely stop doing them because they required too much effort. She was not fond of Mary's father and made it very clear especially at times when she threatened to divorce him.
Grandmother Moore suffers from cancer, it's because of this that she comes to live with the family while she deals with the illness. Eventually she ends up getting her leg amputated which is a very memorable and graphic time for Mary when she sees it.
As far as Mary and Lecia go, their grandmother think that they are spoiled, not hardworking enough, have non idea how to deal with money, and have a number of other problems with their upbringing. When Grandmother Moore starts to live with the family she makes a point to start making everyone live the way she believes they should. Mary and Lecia are forced to take baths every night, they have to wear their clothes all day, even during the heat wave, and they have to eat 'real' meals at the dinner table.

B. Briefly, What causes Mary and her family to run from Leechfield? What happens on the bridge?

Mary and her family leave Leechfield due to a category four hurricane. It took them a long time to actually leave as their mother, father, and grandmother wanted to stick it out like they had every other hurricane. On Orange Bridge, while trying to escape the hurricane, Mary's mother got into a car accident. While driving at a blinding speend they lose control and end up spinning out into a large metal rail. No one but Mary seems to be frightened or shaken up by the crash. At the end, Mary's mother doesn't get out to look at the damage, which was minimal, she just drives off toward their destination again as if nothing big happened.