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Yosif was embarassed about being drunk? MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE...?

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i'm wondering if it was a smart idea to trade the sweater for a little bit of food?

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Can we infer that Marya is purposely making herself weigh more, just to hurt Esther's feelings and her hard work? I think we can because her actions, like when she stared at the muddy floor inside the hut and when she gazed at the yellow curtains.

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Marya is rich because her husband is a high ranked officer

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I Can Infer That Marya Had Money Because she has sealskin coat and diamond earrings, so if she has money she can buy food and clothing.

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What are the reasons Marya Nikolayevna wants a sweater from Esther? MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE...?

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can we infer that marya is mean because she laughed at Esther when the sweater was too small?

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Can we infer that Marya is a nice and reasonable person because she had given Esther a job for a reasonable offerthrough Chapter 15?

-Maurice C.

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What is a chifforobe and what are the reasons to why Esther wanted one so badly? Can I infer that it is some type of jewelry or coat because Esther said that it was just beautiful?

- Ella G.

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I wonder why Marya Nikolayevna didn't give Esther any warning about how she was getting fatter because the text said she just told her "Her milk has made me nice and fat" And you could tell that Ether was upset because after it then said " I allowed myself to weep" and Esther took a long time to make it

hannah

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Can I infer that Yosif Isayevich likes Esther's mother because he says he respects er and says that she is "Such a fine lady ..." (E Hautzig)183.

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Is it True that the cow made Marya Nikolayevna fat?

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Can I infer that Marya is not being fair?

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Why Marya Nikolayenvna was rude to Esther and did not feel sympathetic  and did no warn her that sense she had a cattle she would gain a couple pounds and would not fit the sweater Esther spent hours on? Can I infer Ms. Naikolayenvna feels this way because she looks down on Esther because of her class and she is also a young Polish girl?

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Can I infer that Marya is bad because she is not paying full price?

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I can infer that Esther's family will find a good way of keeping their hut warm because they can find wood to make a fire or something warm. ( Chapter 15 )

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Esther wanted to be in the contest

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I wounder if Marya Nikolayevna husband Was actually in the army or if she is just saying that?

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What does the author mean by ice-cold fingers and a cold heart?

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I can infer that mother loves Esther because when Esther lost the money her mom didn't get mad she just wanted Esther to calm down. ~Irene~

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Is it true that potato will come a motif because they come up a lot. Brandon Omalza

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That Yosif needs some one to care for him?

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What are the reasons why Marya Nikolayvna gave Esther an old skirt to make a sweater out of? Elijah

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Can I infer that Esther and Mother don't really have that much of care now for Grandmother because in the story Mother does not seem to mention that much anymore about Grandmother so that means that Esther is getting more attention and that Mother seems to think that she should take care of the next generation being Esther in her life, she also does not live with Esther and Mother now in their new house and also in the text it says "The Kaftals have found a hut for themselves, quite as miserable as ours, Grandmother was to sleep there". By Riku Iwai-King

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Is it true that Marya Nikolayevnia is nurse or a soldier from the German army or the Russian army- because Esther's mother looked dubious and wondered if she wasn't playing a practical joke on Esther.

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i wonder if the trade for the chifforobe was a practical trade for a sweater when there is such a big need for food -Lucy Fagan

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that Yosif Isayevich let Esther and her mother in, so that he could make an attempt to have an affair with her Mother, because letting a woman that has no connection to him whatsoever, is a bit suspicious?