# Understood Betsy — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher.

- [Aunt Harriet Has a Cough](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/understood_betsy_se/chapters/i-aunt-harriet-has-a-cough.md): Elizabeth Ann lives with her overprotective Aunt Frances, who micromanages every aspect of her life out of love and anxiety. When Aunt Harriet falls ill, Aunt Frances must leave to care for her, and Elizabeth Ann is pass
- [Betsy Holds the Reins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/understood_betsy_se/chapters/ii-betsy-holds-the-reins.md): Elizabeth Ann is sent to live with her Great-uncle Henry and Great-aunt Abigail at the Putney Farm in Vermont. Terrified and lonely, she arrives to find a starkly different world from her former home. Uncle Henry puts he
- [A Short Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/understood_betsy_se/chapters/iii-a-short-morning.md): Elizabeth Ann wakes up alone and decides to dress herself for the first time. She goes downstairs, finds Cousin Ann ironing, and serves herself breakfast without help. Later, she visits the milk-room where Aunt Abigail a
- [Betsy Goes to School](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/understood_betsy_se/chapters/iv-betsy-goes-to-school.md): Elizabeth Ann is sent to school alone for the first time, a terrifying prospect given her sheltered upbringing. Despite her rebellion and fear, she is guided by the mysterious force of Cousin Ann's personality. She meets
- [What Grade Is Betsy?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/understood_betsy_se/chapters/v-what-grade-is-betsy.md): Elizabeth Ann experiences a radically different approach to education at the Putney school. The teacher assesses her individually, placing her in seventh-grade reading, second-grade arithmetic, and third-grade spelling, 

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- [If You Don’t Like Conversation in a Book Skip This Chapter!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/understood_betsy_se/chapters/vi-if-you-don-t-like-conversation-in-a-book-skip-this-chapter.md)
- [VII: Elizabeth Ann Fails in an Examination](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/understood_betsy_se/chapters/vii-elizabeth-ann-fails-in-an-examination.md)
- [Betsy Starts a Sewing Society](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/understood_betsy_se/chapters/viii-betsy-starts-a-sewing-society.md)
- [The New Clothes Fail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/understood_betsy_se/chapters/ix-the-new-clothes-fail.md)
- [Betsy Has a Birthday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/understood_betsy_se/chapters/x-betsy-has-a-birthday.md)
- [Understood Aunt Frances](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/understood_betsy_se/chapters/xi-understood-aunt-frances.md)

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