Available Answers

1. 1.

   What time of the day do you think it is when the above incident takes place? Give reasons for your answer.

2. 2.

   Who was Jim?

3. 3.

   Why did the author and his friend return to the kitchen?

4. 4.

   In your own words describe the itchiness the author felt, the whole time that Jim was right next to him.

5. 5.

   What did Tom want to do that the author was against? What made the author dissuade Tom?

6. 6.

   There is a lot of slang used in the passage. Write down what is meant by the following words in the context of the above passage.

   1. gwyne
   2. whar
   3. sumf'n
   4. dasn't
   5. scrouched