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1. What happened with Billy Deel and how was it a Catalyst for the family’s move?
After Jeannette gave back the ring to Billy he got angry and came to her house and fired at the children with his BB gun. The oldest, Laurie, came out with her father’s gun and fired at him but missed.
The police were called and the officer wanted everyone to go to the court house tomorrow morning. So that night the family packed up and left for phoenix. Billy serves as a catalyst for their move because without him firing the BB gun there would have been no return gun fire by Laurie. But because he did cause the situation the family is forced to skip town due to Rex not wanting to deal with the courts.
2. List 5 ways that life is better for the Walls family in Phoenix:
• The house that Rose Mary inherits is huge, “Fourteen rooms, including the kitchens and bathrooms”, pg. 94.
• The children are now enrolled in public school at Emerson, which is such a nice school that it has its own nurse who prescribes free glasses for Laurie.
• Rex is now making enough stable money and as a result gets the children their very own bikes
• The children Laurie, Brian and Jeannette were all placed in