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Mr. Sylvain’s ELA Class

Name: ___________________

Part III: Thinking & Inquiry

What is the definition of morality?

Is stealing always an immoral act? Explain you answer in two or three sentences.

10. What does the narrator mean when he says, “The next year started that very day”?

11. Choose three words that you might use to describe the narrator.

Part III: Analysis

Answer each of the following questions in complete sentences. For each question, provide a

quotation to support your answer and the page number the quote is taken from. (You may

have to answer these on a separate piece of paper).

12. Consider the narrator and describe how he is either a dynamic or static character.

Explain.

13. Since the narrator relates the events of the story as they unfold, there is a difference

between his imaginary picture of Mr. Wills at the outset, and the real Mr. Wills revealed

at the end. Chart the differences between the imaginary and the real Mr. Wills, using

quotations from the story.

14. Identify the type of conflict(s) the narrator is faced with in this story. For each one,

explain what the narrator is specifically struggling with AND how it gets resolved.

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