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The Gioconda Smile

1. Describe Hutton’s feelings toward Janet Spence. What items in her ho9use reflect her personality? What about her looks intrigues him?

2. Why does he visit her?

3. Who is Doris?

4. Who is teddy Bear?

5. Describe Hutton’s wife and his relationship with her.

6. Describe the lifestyle Hutton and his wife live.

7. When Janet Spence comes to dine with the Huttons, the reader learns that she is a very intense person. How does Emily Hutton respond to her? Give examples to back up your answer.

8. How does Emily like her coffee prepared?

9. What happens to Emily? Be SPECFIC.

10. The direction of the story changes when Hutton finds himself in the newspaper and his casual attitude about life changes. Of what is he accused? Why? Explain.

11. What is Doris’s reaction, and what does she do?

12. What advice does the doctor give her?

13. What important question does Dr. Libbard ask Janet Spence, and what is her answer?

14. Is this information necessary to end the story, or has the reader known the answer to question 13 all along/