78 pages 2 hours read

Gary Paulsen

Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

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Answer Key

Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. There is no electricity in it. (Chapter 1)

2. Louie (Chapter 2)

3. He throws up. (Chapter 2)

4. Vivian the cow (Chapters 2-3)

Short Answer

1. He shifts from house to house, as his parents both suffer from alcoholism and often are not able to take care of him. The Larsons are distant cousins. (Chapter 1)

2. Ernie is Harris’s sworn enemy, and when they meet, they wrestle and attack one another. (Chapter 3)

3. The family works together to turn the separator and make milk and cream by each taking turns and doing their part. (Chapter 3)

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. The pigs (Chapter 4)

2. From Louie when he was discussing the war (Chapter 4)

3. The family’s pet lynx (Chapter 5)

4. Tarzan (Chapter 6)

Short Answer

1. When Harris has an idea to jump on the pigs and ride them, the protagonist decides he will follow Harris no matter what, and the two are instantly bonded as best friends. (blurred text
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