But although she agrees to follow through with the excursion, she refuses to go with out her cat Pitty Sing. Afraid that the cat will accidentally asphyxiate himself on the gas stove if left behind, she secretly stows Pitty Sing in her basket. ... The grandmother drifts in and out of "cat-naps," but awakens quickly when the family reaches the town of Toombsboro. ... Furthermore, while they wonder what to do next, a "big black battered hearse-like automobile" tops the hill coming towards them, presenting the last clue before the actual killings begin to occur. When brought face to face with...

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Before they leave, however, the grandmother stows her cat, Pitty Sing, in a basket in the car because she "was afraid he might brush against one of the gas burners and accidentally asphyxiate himself." ... This causes the cat to spring out of the basket onto Bailey's shoulder and the car tumbles out of control. No one was "killed", to June Star's disappointment, but the car is a wreck, Finally big black automobile comes towards them. ...

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But although she agrees to follow through with the excursion, she refuses to go with out her cat Pitty Sing. Afraid that the cat will accidentally asphyxiate himself on the gas stove if left behind, she secretly stows Pitty Sing in her basket. ... The grandmother drifts in and out of "cat-naps," but awakens quickly when the family reaches the town of Toombsboro. ... Furthermore, while they wonder what to do next, a "big black battered hearse-like automobile" tops the hill coming towards them, presenting the last clue before the actual killings begin to occur (Jones 2887). ... When br...

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• Grade Level: High School

But although she agrees to follow through with the excursion, she refuses to go with out her cat Pitty Sing. Afraid that the cat will accidentally asphyxiate himself on the gas stove if left behind, she secretly stows Pitty Sing in her basket. ... The grandmother drifts in and out of "cat-naps," but awakens quickly when the family reaches the town of Toombsboro. ... Furthermore, while they wonder what to do next, a "big black battered hearse-like automobile" tops the hill coming towards them, presenting the last clue before the actual killings begin to occur (Jones 2887...

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• Grade Level: High School

It is a "big black battered hearse-like automobile" (273). ... After grandmother's cat gets startled and jumps onto Bailey, who is driving, causing a wreck, the family all ends up outside the car ten feet below the road in a deep ditch. ...

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Without say from the children's parents, the grandmother takes it upon herself to keep the peace between them, by telling them a story of a black child mistakenly eating her watermelon with initials from a suitor carved in it reading E.A.T. ... It was on this bumpy and windy road where ironically the newspaper concealing the cat moves causing Pitty Sing to lurch on Bailey's shoulder resulting in the car being overturned. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Without say from the children's parents, the grandmother takes it upon herself to keep the peace between them, by telling them a story of a black child mistakenly eating her watermelon with initials from a suitor carved in it reading E.A.T. ... It was on this bumpy and windy road where ironically the newspaper concealing the cat moves causing Pitty Sing to lurch on Bailey's shoulder resulting in the car being overturned. ...

• Word Count: 1416
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• Grade Level: High School