Legends of the Fall – Part 1 of 3

1) What does the old Native American say about Tristan’s birth?

2) What did the Native American teach him when he was growing up?

3) Who was Tristan’s father? Why did he give up the military career? Did he have any other children?

In what way was Tristan different from them?

4) What happened to Mrs. Ludlow, the mother?

5) How did Tristan challenge himself? What impressed everyone so much when they found him at the

edge of the forest?

6) What does Mrs Ludlow announce to her husband in her latest letter?

7) What was the older brother and the father’s first impression of Suzannah?

8) Who did Suzannah arrive with?

9) What does Mrs Ludlow also mention about Suzannah?

10) What did Tristan say to Samuel when they met in the field? What did he remark about Tristan?

11) How did the brothers express happiness about meeting each other again?

12) What did Alfred say about Tristan?

13) Who does Susanna meet in the garden?

14) What does she find out from the girl?

15) What does Susannah say of her impressions of the country house? Does Alfred agree?

16) What is disrupting the beginning of the dinner?

17) Why is Suzannah late?

18) What do the family do after the dinner? How does the Colonel feel?

19) What do the brothers teach her?

20) Who does Suzannah watch in the evening?

21) How do they pass the time the following day?

22) Why does Samuel flip out while his father is reading Riki Tiki Tavi to the family one evening?
 23) What does Colonel say of wars?

24) What does Samuel suddenly announce? How do the other family members react?

25) What does Suzannah ask Tristan? How does she do it? What suddenly happens?

26) What does the Colonel write his wife on October 14, 1914?

27) How does the farewell happen?

28) What does Samuel promise his father? What does the Colonel answer?

29) What is Colonel’s guidance to Tristan?

30) What did Colonel say to One Stab about his sons?

31) Why do the Colonel and Susannah join the servants’ family for dinner?

32) What idea does the Colonel come up with?

33) Why is the girl’s mother against?

34) What is Samuel writing to Susannah in his letter about war? What is he regretting about? What

does he say about his brothers?

35) What happens on the battlefield to Samuel and Alfred? Who stops him from going through with

attacking that night?

36) What are the brothers doing in the trench?

37) What is Samuel regretting about, which he is writing to Susannah?

38) What does Alfred tell Tristan at the infirmary? How does he feel about it?

39) What interrupts Tristan’s visit?

Who said that?

So, William, please behave yourself and be as charming as only you can be

Alfred, you take over! – You disgraced the Colonel’s name

He says I’m half gopher and half hawk