Questions for Mari Sandoz Biography Excerpt- Old Jules

1) Who originally lived on the site where the new orchard was to be?

2) Who helped Jules to clear the land?

3) What activities amuse the children, Jule and Marie?

4) Why is Jule's orchard important in the settlement?

5) How was Jule's agricultural expertise rewarded?

6) While the financial return is small, what "riches" are enjoyed by the family?

7) What makes Mary's mother nervous on the last day of June?

8) What symbolic violence occurs before the storm breaks? (Can you see a Garden of Eden connection?)

9) What sounds like a buffalo stampede?

10)Nature's violence leaves the family with nothing. How does Jules respond? Mary?