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Violet finds letters from her sister, Chloe in her mother's desk drawer. Violet is angry at her mom and dad for hiding these letters for over 2 years, one was addressed in 1918. We find out that Chloe is her older sister who was kicked out of the house. We learn she lives in New York and works as a nurse, which is a big deal because of the influenza pandemic. Flossie, Violet's best friend, had died 2 years ago, of influenza and Violet saw blood coming out of her nose and her ears. We learn of Violet's older brother, Stephen, but we are curious to find out more. Chloe is in New York as a New Woman, she voted and chooses not to be married. Chloe wants Violet to go to college one day. At the end of the chapter, we know that Violet is angry with her mom and dad for taking these letters that belonged to her.

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At the beginning of the chapter, Violet has taken $3.92 and ran away from home. She is headed to New York, the Henry Street Settlement houses, to find Chloe. We learned that a hope chest is a chest that looks like a toy chest but bigger. Violet is nervous to go on the train by herself because she is only eleven. After buying a ticket and sitting down and met someone named Mrs. Wenrick. Mrs. Wenrick didn't believe girls shouldn't be a doctor or a reporter and only have kids.

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In chapter 3, the train gets stuck for a little. Violet then checks if Mrs. Renwick was there but he wasn't. Then she was thinking about going to the police officer where Henry Street is. But she is overwhelmed not knowing what to say to him. She goes up to him and says excuse me, sir. And then the police officer asks where her parents are. All she says back is im waiting for my sister so then he says that he needs to wait with him to meet his sister. Then out of nowhere, she says oh there she is! Of course, she wasn't there tho. Then she heads down the road and she ends up at a place where this drunk person grabbed her arm and tried to dance with her but he kicked her shins and ran away. Then she slipped in horse poop and then this girl named Myrtle, and then she asked what are you doing? Then Myrtle asked where she was headed. Violet told her where she went then they headed there.

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Once Myrtle and Violet arrive headed to Henry Street Settlement House, they go upstairs and meet Mr. Martin. Mr. Martin is reading a book and Violet and Myrtle ask Martin if Chloe was there. And then he says that she is in Washington D.C. She has one teardrop and tries to stop. Then Mr. Martin has to go somewhere And then they run away. Then they ask how they're gonna get there. They then try to find out.

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Violet and Myrtle meet Hobie, who is homeless, and he shows them how to ride a blind. This means riding a train without paying. They rode on a train on a dirty platform and they have to sleep outside. In the end they it to Washington DC and they realize Hobie is a great guy and not what it seemed. The theme is Don't judge a book by its cover. At first, Violet and Myrtle think
Hobie is sketchy, but in the end, he saved Myrtle.

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Chapter 6: It all comes down to Tennessee 

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Chapter 6: It all comes down to Tennessee 

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Once they make it to Washington, they walk to where Chloe works. On their walk there they walk through this place that looks like a ghost town. They then knock on the door and the lady at the door closes it and creaks it open again. Violet then tells the lady her name and so does Myrtle. The lady inst is so sure about Myrtle because she's black. Then they have tea and biscuits and talk about where Chloe went. After they sit down, Violet is shocked to hear that Chloe went to Tennessee. She then takes a bath and goes to sleep ready to travel once again :/

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After they wake up, they figure out that Mr. Martin followed them to Washington D.C. They then have a conversation and is then told to sit down and eat breakfast by Mrs. Dexter. They discuss the way they're going to get to Tennessee while eating their toast for breakfast. Mr. Martin asked why they were in D.C. He was very confused about why they were not with their parents. Myrtle says her parents are dead. Violet says it's only because they care about her brother Stephen. Then they get ready to go to Tennessee. Once they bored the train, the conductor comes over to their seats and says that Myrtle has to go on the colored train. Mr. Martin tries to stop the conductor from making Myrtle go on the colored train because she's only 7. They then cause a whole scene on the train. After a while of arguing, Mr. Martin can't do anything about it and then Myrtle had to go on the colored train:( The train then starts and Mrs. Dexter gets mad at Mr. Martin for trying to help Myrtle because Mrs. Dexter is racist. Now they have a long trip ahead of them and they're off to Tennessee.

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Myrtle is making her way to the colored car at the back of the train. Once she finally gets there, she meets an old woman, Mrs. Merganser, who used to be a slave. The woman told Myrtle that the amendment for mown to vote would not include colored women. Myrtle is very stubborn and determined that colored women will have the right to vote.

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Violet and Mrs. Dexter ate dinner while Mr. Martin got the girls drinks. Then Mrs. Dexter tried to explain how she wasn't racial. Then Violet said well can I bring Myrtle dinner then. So Mrs. Dexter said ''Sure I am not trying to starve the child.'' So then once Violet gets there she gives Myrtle her dinner and then Myrtle thanks her and tells Violet about Mrs. Merganser. Then Myrtle tells Mrs. Merganser this is my friend Violet, and Mrs. Merganser nods uh huh very tiredly, and then immediately falls asleep. Myrtle and Violet were talking about how they think Mr. Martin is on the run from the police. Then all the colored people started looking at Violet so Violet went back to her car. Then two Palmer agents started talking to Mrs. Dexter about Mr. Martin and Mrs. Dexter and Violet acted like they don't know who Mr. Martin is. Once Mr. Martin gets back Violet tells her about the Agents and Mr. Martin then gives the dinks to Violet and jumps off the train to run from the Agents.

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In the morning Violet takes Myrtle oatmeal. On her way back from giving Myrtle her breakfast, She sees a pregnant woman carrying bags. Violet helps the woman by going over there and taking her bags and helps the lady. Once they get to a bench they sit down and they talk about the pregnant woman having her son shipped back to her in a box:/ Then Violet's train begins to start to leave so Violet leaves and goes on the train. Then starts to get mad while thinking about that woman's son being shipped back to her. Then we meet Mrs. Charlotte Rowe. Then they head to the hotel because they thought Violet may be there. It was just as crowded as the train was. Then a person stops and talks to Mrs. Charlotte. Then Violet keeps on going forward and Violet asks if there's a Mrs. Mayhew at this hotel and the person at the front desk says that there is not a Mrs. Mayhew here. Then she is so desperate Violet almost cried.

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In chapter 11, Violet is in her hotel room and gets very hot and hungry. Violet tries to go get food but the place where she goes is for men only. Then Violet asks the hotel clerk where she can get food. The clerk says to Violet
that in the conference room, they have sandwiches so she goes up there and then goes into the room and no one realizes that she even comes in the room. Then the people mention Chloe as she. walks into the room and then Violet immediately gets up to go see her and they meet with a hug. Then everybody in the room looks at Chloe and Violet. Chole introduces Violet and everybody greets her. Soon they go back to the same room and go to sleep.

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Violet woke up at the Tulane Hotel, ate breakfast, and realized that while she was at the hermitage no one paid any attention to her, so she could hear everything the Antis were saying. She thought about how to spy and tell the Suffs what they were doing. She then went to look for Mr. Martin and Myrtle and found them very dirty looking like hoboes on the train yard. Mr Martin and Myrtle heated discussion at first but then you can tell they were happy to see each other. Myrtle is being treated unfairly, with the desk clerk telling her she cannot stay at that hotel

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In Chapter 13, Myrtle and Mr. Martin try to find hotels and they can't find any that will let Myrtle in. Then they find a drug store to eat at because they are hungry. The servant said that they would have to eat in the alleys so they rejected that and looked for more places to eat. After they keep on saying that they have to eat in the alley, Myrtle finally says she wants to eat in the alley. Once they eat, they go to look for more hotels, and none are found. One of the hotels didn't allow them but Mr. Martin asked the desk clerk if there were any hotels that would allow black and white. And the desk clerk told directions to one of those kinds of hotels. Then they got more directions from a different person from there and arrived in Dead Horse Valley. Back to Violet wanting to be a spy, she becomes one. Then Violet spys on someone and the lady she spys on says, that she's the queen of her house, and then Violet says you have no husband so how are you the queen of your house? Then the lady starts sobbing and Violet tries to calm the lady down and it turns out that Violet didn't like being a spy.

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In Chapter 14, Mr. Martin and Myrtle are in the hotel. Myrtle doesn't want Mr. Martin to go outside cause of the Palmer Agents. Myrtle tries to entertain Mr. Martin by shopping and doing other activities. Soon enough Myrtle starts talking about how Mr. Martin should get married and have kids. Myrtle says maybe Chloe and you (Mr. Martin) should get married. Myrtle thinks Mr. Martin likes Chloe. Violet and Chloe are getting dressed and Mrs. E says she thinks Violet should where a violet instead of a red rose or yellow. But she couldn't get a violet. Then back with Myrtle and Mr. Martin, Myrtle was not liking it in Nashville, but she didn't want to go back to the training institute and that was her only other option. Then later Violet had to leave so she said bye to Myrtle feeling bad she didn't get to hang out with Myrtle.

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In Chapter 15, Violet eats food and hears people discussing the Jews and how they shouldn't be here. Violet then notices that there are only white people then someone says that all the servants are black in the dining room. Later Violet goes to the ballroom and sees Chloe dancing with someone and is glad she got dressed. Later people say oh I see you are on the other side and then she says oh uh right and holds her rose. Soon, Chloe and Mr. Martin are holding hands and walking with an old lady then Myrtle is sneaking up on them then out of nowhere Violet comes and says Hi Myrtle really loudly and it attacks everybody (including Chloe, Mr. Martin, and an old lady). Then the old lady gets mad about how Violet has a red rose which means she is an anti-suffragist but she is not and has a whole conversation on how Violet an anti suff.

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At the beginning of chapter 16, Chloe teaches Myrtle and Violet to drive the Hope Chest while Mr. Martin is reading under the tree. Violet and Chloe leave, drive through town and talk a lot about politics. People are switching sides a lot and it is becoming tense. They go to the Capitol and they learn that 2 legislators have run off. This is important because they need to vote. (they are on the Suff side). Myrtle and Mr. Martin are back at Dead Horse Alley eating some snacks when Mr. Martin gets arrested and taken away. Mrs. Ready, the lady who owns the house, tells Myrtle she has a place for her to go and Myrtle is scared and nervous.

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Violet has to find two legislators that decide to ''runaway'' instead of changing their vote. The Suffragists need them to vote for the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. In order to find them, she has to drive the Hope Chest (car) and it gets pretty crazy. She does it though! She finds Mr. Credwell and takes him back, and Mrs. Pollitzer finds Mr. Blotz. This time, Violet cannot find Chloe, Myrtle, or Mr. Martin. At the end of the chapter, we learned that vote ended in 10-8 so finding those to guys was super important!