1. Why did Sylvia look upon the cow as a playmate?

2. How does Sylvia feel about living on the farm?

3. What sound surprises Sylvia in the woods? Why is she "horror-stricken" to hear this sound?

4. Why is Sylvia alarmed?

5. In what is the guest interested?

6. Why has the young man come to the district where Sylvia and her grandmother live?

7. How does Sylvia feel about the young man killing birds?

8. Is Sylvia hoping to help find the white heron?

9. What keeps Sylvia awake?

10. What "day's pleasure" is the young man anticipating?

11. What does Sylvia do about telling the location of the white heron's nest?