Educated: A Memoir

Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Prologue-Part 1, Chapter 4

Reading Check

1. What is the Westover’s nickname for her paternal grandmother?

2. How does Faye become a midwife?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. In the Prologue, Westover writes that all her father’s stories had what in common? What is the larger implication of the Prologue?

2. How did Westover’s parents meet?

Paired Resource

“Tara Westover annotates the first page of her memoir, ‘Educated’”

• In this annotated PBS News Hour piece, Westover gives deeper context and explanation for key terms and phrases in the Prologue to Educated.
• Westover highlight the final four words of the Prologue–“time to come home”–and how they connect to the book’s theme of Finding One’s Place in the World.
• Did Westover’s annotations give you clues about other themes, motifs, or concepts that could come into play later in the memoir?

Part 1, Chapters 5-9

Reading Check

1. When Tyler announces he is going to college, Gene responds with a lecture about how professors are agents of what secret organization?

2. How does Mary repay Westover for her babysitting services?