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1. How does Chapter One begin?

Chapter One begins with Lucy's first day in a location yet to be disclosed. She is traveling to an apartment from an airport. The driver or a fellow passenger is pointing out the sights to her. She is overwhelmed but disappointed with what she sees.

2. What is revealed about Lucy at the beginning of Chapter One?

Chapter One starts abruptly with no introduction. The chapter introduces the reader to Lucy, but the reader receives little information about Lucy or her surroundings. The reader does not know what city she is in or what she is doing there. Not even her name is revealed.

3. Why has Lucy come to America?

It later becomes clear that Lucy emigrated from a Caribbean Island to serve as an au pair to an American family.

4. Why was Lucy surprised that the sun is shining in the city?

In the morning, she was happy the sun was bright. She was surprised that the sun was shining, but the weather was cold to her, as she was from a tropical area. She put on a madras dress and went outside into the cold for the first time.

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