A Day No Pigs Would Die

Answers to Ch. 1-3 questions

1) Robert was determined to help Apron because he was ashamed of running away from trouble in the past when he was teased by his peers at school.

2) Robert beat Apron because he was frustrated that the calf was not being born, and he wanted Apron to move forward so that the pant leg tied around the calf’s head would pull it from its mother’s womb.

3) When Robert stuck his arm into the cow’s mouth to remove the goiter, she bit down hard and injured Robert.

4) Robert had a warm, loving relationship with his family. Examples are how he trusted his mother to sew him up, how gentle his mother and aunt were with him, and how his father sat by his bedside while he was recovering.

5) Haven Peck slaughtered pigs for a living. It would have been best to meet him on a Sunday, when he didn’t smell of pigs’ blood.

6) According to Haven, fences allowed people to know what was theirs and what belonged to their neighbors. There would be no dispute about boundaries, and, consequently, there would be peace between neighbors.

7) Robert was surprised to see Apron with the calves because he didn’t know he had helped deliver twin bull calves.

8) At first Haven refused the pig because he did not think Robert should be paid for doing something that was expected of him. He only accepted the gift on behalf of his son when Mr. Tanner said was could be payment for future work that Haven would do for him.