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1. What is Day doing when the story begins?

Day is sitting on the ledge of a window in an abandoned apartment building, across the street from his mother's house. He is waiting to see someone in his family, because he has not seen them for several days and is worried about them. When the soldiers have finished checking his family members for the plague, he will contact his brother John and give him some gifts he has brought for his family.

2. What are the gifts that Day has brought for his family at the beginning of the book, and what do these gifts reveal about the lives of the poor?

Day has brought food, shoes, and a pair of goggles for his family. The goggles are for his brother John's birthday, and he needs them because he works very long hours in a smoky environment that hurts his eyes. The poor are clearly overworked and under-protected, and they have insufficient resources to meet their basic needs.

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