Episode 30 ~ Life Goes On
Brendan, Anne, Rebecca, and Kevin are sitting around the kitchen table. Rebecca is opening sympathy cards and writing thank-you notes while Brendan and Anne are looking at a family album. After listening, read the sentences and fill in the blanks with words from the table. If you are wrong after three attempts (red script), type a question mark in the blank and hit enter.
| hardly | clue | reconciliation | Godmother |
| casserole | donation | passing | memory |
| wishes | enthusiastic | prayers | quiet |
| lose | considerate | whether | fridge |
| responsible | anything | exhausted | alone |
1. Rebecca reads a card that says, "We are very sorry to hear of your father's ...We have made a to the American Heart Association in of your father. You are in our . With warm , the O'Neils."
2. The doorbell rings and Kevin answers. Mrs. Peterson dropped off a for them.
3. Rebecca is touched and says that Mrs. Peterson has always been a neighbor. She tells Kevin to put it in the .
4. Anne feels sorry for Kevin. She seems worried because he's so .
5. Rebecca says that Kevin isn't always like that. He's usually very talkative and .
6. Brendan feels sad that Kevin knew his mother. He expresses sympathy for Kevin and says, "It's hard to both parents when you're so young."
7. Brendan says he wishes he and Patrick had come to a sooner.
8. Rebecca says she feels for Kevin and doesn't want to leave him .
9. Rebecca tells Anne that she doesn't know she'll go back to San Francisco, but she has to let her know soon.
10. Anne knows that Rebecca must be and asks if there is else she and Brendan can do before returning to the hotel.
Discussion Questions: Prepare to answer these questions.
1. Kevin seems confused and somewhat angry about his father's death. What big decisions is he suddenly faced with?
2. What does Rebecca try to persuade him to do? What was Kevin's reaction?
3. As Rebecca and Kevin sit at the kitchen table and go over a pile of bills, what expenses do they discuss? How much is in their Dad's savings account?
4. Rebecca mentions that Kevin should get money from his father's disability policy. What's Kevin's response? What other policy do they look for?
5. What prompts Rebecca to recall her Dad's saying, "Waste not, want not"? What will they do with their Dad's old clothes?
6. They find a box and open it. What do they find?
Make predictions: Will they find an insurance policy? Will Rebecca go back to San Francisco? Will Kevin go with her or stay in Boston? If he stays alone in Boston, how will he live?