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1. What job do Turtle Mountain women do at the jewel bearing plant?
Turtle Mountain women have been hired for manufacturing jobs at the jewel bearing plant. They were hired instead of the men because they scored higher on tests for manual dexterity. They spend their days pasting micro-thin slices of ruby, sapphire, or garnet onto upright spindles for drilling. The jewel bearings are used in Defense Department ordnance and in Bulova watches.
2. What does Patrice have for lunch and why in "Lard on Bread"?
Patrice brings her lunch in a syrup bucket. Unfortunately, it is filled with raw dough. She was so rattled by her father's raving before she left that morning, that she forgot to cook the dough into gullet bread. When the other women see her predicament, they share their food with her. Patrice is given a buttered bun, and oatmeal cookies, and half a bacon sandwich to eat.
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