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1. Where do Sally and Gillian go to live and why?

Sally and Gillian Owens must go live with their aunts, Jet and Frances, after their parents die in a fire while on a second honeymoon.

2. How do the girls compare to each other and why do they not play with any of the children in town?

The girls are completely different in nature and appearance but are very close, often having the same dreams and finishing each others sentences. When the girls start school, no one will play with them because they are Owens children and the family is blamed for anything that has gone wrong in the town for the past two hundred years because they are thought to be witches.

3. What happens in school that makes the children believe Sally is a witch?

One day while she is in the sixth grade all of her aunt's cats follow her to school. Sally doesn't realize that the black cats have followed her until she is in class and they come up to her. Sally tries to shoo the cats away but they refuse to leave. One child sets one of the cat's tails on fire and Sally says she hopes something awful happens to him. Just as Sally finishes speaking, a tile falls on the child's head and everyone accuses Sally of making it happen.

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