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    This summary provides high-level information about Chapter 2 of an unspecified story. The chapter defines several words, reveals some details about Shane's mysterious past, and describes Shane intervening in a negotiation between Ledyard and Starrett over selling land. Shane is driven to chop down a burr oak stump that holds symbolic meaning for Starrett. While their individual efforts differ, Starrett and Shane's combined work chopping the stump reflects teamwork and unity.

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    This summary provides high-level information about Chapter 2 of an unspecified story. The chapter defines several words, reveals some details about Shane's mysterious past, and describes Shane intervening in a negotiation between Ledyard and Starrett over selling land. Shane is driven to chop down a burr oak stump that holds symbolic meaning for Starrett. While their individual efforts differ, Starrett and Shane's combined work chopping the stump reflects teamwork and unity.

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    This summary provides high-level information about Chapter 2 of an unspecified story. The chapter defines several words, reveals some details about Shane's mysterious past, and describes Shane intervening in a negotiation between Ledyard and Starrett over selling land. Shane is driven to chop down a burr oak stump that holds symbolic meaning for Starrett. While their individual efforts differ, Starrett and Shane's combined work chopping the stump reflects teamwork and unity.

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    Chapter 2

    1. Define the following words:


    a. legacy
    b. millstone
    c. evoke
    d. confront
    2. What do we learn about Shane’s past?
    3. Why does Shane stay?
    4. What does the burr oak stump represent to Starrett?
    5. What is Ledyard attempting to sell to Joe Starrett?
    6. How does Shane intervene in the negotiations? How does Ledyard react? How does Starrett
    react?
    7. What drives Shane to chop the stump?
    8. What is different about the ways that Starrett and Shane attack the stump? What is reflected in
    their combined effort?
    9. “He was a man like father in whom a boy could believe in the simple knowing that what was
    beyond comprehension was still clean and solid and right.”
    a. Who is the speaker?
    b. Who is the listener?
    c. What does it mean?
    d. At what point in the story is it said?

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