5. Why is it important for the mother to fix her son's shirt? 6. The phone rings before the mother can finish mending her son's shirt. Why is this important information? What kind of news do you think she got from that phone call? Discuss the symbolism in this story DMaking Inferences: . An inference is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. 1. What is the setting at the beginning of the story? How do you know this? Use specific examples from the novel. 2. Even though we aren't specifically told how the son is injured, you can gather clues from the text. Find at least two and describe how they help the reader to understand what actually happened. 3. Why does the author purposely hold back information at the beginning of the story? 4. In the end, the mother is trying to find a matching color of blue to patch up the ripped shirt that her son was wearing during the accident. Why is it so important that the material is almost exactly the same