Feature Story answers

 1.)What was it like after school?
 Walked home from school and played outside

 2.)What were your daily chores?
 Feeding the dogs, and rabbits, and unloading the dishwasher 

 3.) Did you get paid for these chores?
 No

 4.) What part of Illinios did you grow up in?
 Northern

 5.) How many siblings do you have? 
 Two sisters and a brother

 6.) Were you close with them? 
 Yes

 7.) Were you close with your parents?
 Yes

 8.) What was the name of your school?
Lee Elementary, and Shabbona High School

 9.) What were your parents names?
Jesse, and Mary Anne Blackwood

10.) What are your siblings names?
Teresa, Justin, Carrie

11.) Did you have any pets?
Yes

12.) What crops did you grow?
Corn
13.) Did you have a cell phone growing up?
No
14.) Did you have a car growing up? 
No

15.) What were your parents jobs? 
Mom worked in a nursing home, dad worked on the farm and drove a truck

16.) How many years apart were you from your siblings? 
12,10,&2

17.) Did you see your extended family very often? 
Yes

18.) What were your grades like? 
All A's & B's

19) What animals did you have on your farm? 
Horses, Cows, and Chickens

20.) Did you ever eat them? 
Yes, we ate the Chickens and Cows