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1. What does Alec remember doing in his dream in Chapter 1?

Alec dreams that he is young again. He is an ice-cutter laying up ice for the summer. He and the Feinrich brothers drive their sledges out onto the lake. They use their axes to cut blocks of ice from the lake.

2. What was Alec's first job, and how did he get it?

Alec's first job was building bridges. His father worked on a bridge construction crew and got Alec a job by lying about Alec's age. Alec was only 14. Alec was put to work driving a gravel wagon two months after this birthday.

3. What does Alec remember about Vera's absence?

Alec remembers how Vera walked out on him, a widower, and her younger brother Earl, leaving him without a woman in the house. She wrote letters during the war addressed to Earl. Then from 1945 until late 1946, she did not write. The letters started again when she sent her wedding announcement. For 12 years there have been a few Christmas cards and an occasional photograph of her and her son.

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