Long TextExercise 17 of 81

Jessica was my neighbor, a year older than me, tall, redheaded, and evil. Her house was one bedroom smaller than mine and she lived with her mother who was tall, redheaded, evil, and old. Her father had the good sense to escape from these two before they made stew out of him. When they weren't locked away inside…

• In what ways was Jessica like her mother?
• Why were the two women angry with the narrator?