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1. What did the author and her mother do when they got news of the tumor?

When the author's mother called to tell her that a mass had been found in her abdomen, they tried to come up with all the non-dangerous things it could be instead of cancer like a cyst. Neither of them wanted to admit to what they knew to be true.

2. What caused the LDS prophet to end church meetings one Sunday?

One Sunday, the current LDS prophet ordered that all meeting houses be emptied because of some flooding caused by a storm pipe near the temple. The prophet wanted people to be safe and needed men to help make sand bag walls.

3. What did the author talk about at the beginning of the chapter entitled Barn Swallows?

At the beginning of Chapter 4, Barn Swallows, the author talked about the different kinds of relationships between mothers and daughters.

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