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Father wakes Up the Village

1. How does Father feel about small village tradesmen?

2. What incident occurs in the story that would lead the reader to agree with Father’s opinion?

3. Father has very definite opinions about things. Provide THREE examples the narrator uses concerning water, wine, and apartment living. Quote the lines.

4. What is you impression of the narrator’s relationship with his father?

5. How do people in this story travel to the village?

6. Who or what is Brownie?

7. What results does the narrator get when he goes to town to get ice? Why?

8. What is Father’s solution for this problem?

9. What are Father’s two conditions for this purchase?

10. What aspects of Father’s personality help him get results for himself and his family?