How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
At a P.T.A. meeting at Wilson School, a couple of really red-blooded mothers stood up and volunteered their husbands to take large groups of trick-or-treaters around the neighborhood. Before long some other fathers got shamed or nagged into doing the same thing, and by the day before Halloween nearly all the kids at Wilson were signed up to go around trick-or-treating with some large, chaperoned group. (9.2)
The community also rallies together when it looks like Halloween will be ruined. By volunteering to chaperone large groups of trick-or-treaters, these parents prevent the possibility of kids rioting about having Halloween cancelled, but also make sure the kids stay safe.
Quote #8
The trick-or-treat group was a milling mob of devils, witches, tramps and monsters. Mr. Barkley, who always acted as if being the father of six-year-old twin boys was almost more than he could stand, looked positively exhausted; and even Mr. Kamata's sturdy real-estate-salesman's smile was beginning to wilt. (10.1)
The dads are just trying to help out the community and their kids, but that doesn't make chaperoning a huge group of kids easy. It's clear that they at least kind of regret their decision as the night wears on.
Quote #9
There were two or three browsers just looking around; and the Professor was wrapping something up for a customer; and over by the window Elizabeth's mother, Mrs. Chung, was dusting some figurines and arranging them in the display case. The whole situation looked different—cleaner and brighter and not so cluttered. (22.6)
The kids are totally shocked when they enter the Professor's store after the murderer has been caught—and find that the store is full of shoppers. It looks like the community has decided that he's not so scary after all, and they're rallying around him because of his role in catching the killer.