1. Miranda Sawyer, Jane Sawyer, and Aurelia Randall are sisters, but they do not act very much alike. In what ways are their personality differences indicated? Why are they so different? Are there any similarities among them?

2. Rebecca and Emma Jane sell soap so that the Simpson family can have a new lamp for Christmas. Is their experience anything like selling Girl Scout cookies today? Do their prospective customers react in the same way?

3. In some ways, Jeremiah Cobb serves as the father Rebecca does not have. In what ways does he help Rebecca?

4. Adam Ladd is one of Rebecca's best friends. Some critics have suggested that when Rebecca grows up, she will marry him. Is their relationship really a romance?

5. Rebecca's foremost opponent is a schoolmate named Minnie Smellie.

What impression of her personality does her name convey?