Educated: A Memoir

Prologue-Part 1, Chapter 4

Reading Check

1. Grandma-down-the-hill (Chapter 1)

2. She is trained by Judy, a neighbor (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. Westover realizes that all her father’s stories have to do with Idaho. The larger implication is that, for her father, there is no life outside Idaho—their father wants to keep them isolated. (Prologue)

2. Faye was a waitress at a local bowling alley and Gene had come in to play. (Chapter 3)

Part 1, Chapters 5-9

Reading Check

1. The Illuminati (Chapter 5)

2. She teaches her piano (Chapter 8)

Short Answer

1. Faye takes up the “muscle testing” technique to compensate for her memory issues. She closes her eyes and asks her body what it needs, and then waits for it to respond physically with an answer. (Chapter 6)

2. She cannot remember who put out the fire on Luke’s leg. She also cannot account for Gene’s whereabouts. She believes her father may have put out the fire with his hands, and then attempted to keep the fire from spreading in the junkyard. (Chapter 7)

Part 1, Chapters 10-13

Reading Check

1. Her neck (

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