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A Day No Pigs Would Die Study Guide
The Setting
In A Day No Pigs Would Die, Robert Newton Peck sets his semi-autobiographical novel on a
farm in Vermont in the 1930s or '40s.
Use the spaces below to describe the setting of the novel. In the first column, type or write
direct quotes from the book-phrases and sentences that are used to show what it's like
throughout the story. In the second column, explain in your own words what the author is
trying to convey about the setting. An example has been completed for you.
Direct Quote Related to Setting
Your Explanation
This establishes the rural setting of the novel.
"I should have been in school that April
day. . . And he was fixing up to take her to
Rutland Fair, come summer." (Ch. 1)
"The yoke was solid hickory and it weighed
This shows that Rob lives on a working farm where
near as much as me. I had to lug it round back
every animal has a specific job to do.
in two trips, going back the second time for the
oxbow and cotter." (Ch. 4)
"One nice thing about April, there were little
This establishes the Vermont weather. I would think
rivers about everywhere. Where the spruce
from this that winters are hard and cold, but that the
cover was thick, you could see see a patch of
spring thew means that the ground becomes soft for
snow here or there, and the ground was still
planting.
hard as winter." (Ch. 5)
"We learned in school that the city of London,
Rob is a rural kid without access to seeing the rest of
England, is the largest city in the whole wide
the world. Rutland is the largest city nearby and so to
world....But it couldn't have been much bigger
him, all of the people make it look very big and busy.
than Rutland." (Ch. 10)
"Inside it she was lying all curled up warm in
Pinky lived a comfortable and well loved life. This is in
the clean straw. It was a soft warm smell." (Ch.
contrast to the smell of blood and hard work described
14)
as Haven's smell in the beginning of the book.