Monday, March 14, 2011

Today you were given the questions for the short story reading "Quitter's Inc." These are to be handed in by the end of class. I have posted them here for those who were absent; however, they will only be here for the duration of this week so copy and paste them.

English 20-2
“Quitter’s Inc.” Questions

INSTRUCTIONS: Using the computer, answer each of these questions fully.

1. What is the name of the main character?

2. Who are the members of his family?

3. Based on the story as a whole, what type of person is his wife? Provide examples to back this.

4. Who suggested that the main character attend “Quitter’s Inc.?

5. When it comes to smoking, what is different about when this story takes place and Canada today?

6. Who is the person who will oversee the main character’s smoking cessation program?

7. Based on the story as a whole, what type of person is the smoking cessation man? Provide examples to back this.

8. What is the success rate of this smoking cessation program?

9. What will happen if the main character lights up? Explain the steps from first time through.

10. As steps leading to a climax of the conflict, describe the moments when the main character thinks of lighting up. What stops him?

11. In addition to not smoking, what else does this program monitor?

12. What happens if a person doesn’t meet the goals of the other item being monitored?

13. What does the word “Pragmatist” mean? Why is this word mentioned so many times in the story?

14. Why did this program get set up? Who funds it?

15. When does the program expect the main character to pay his bill? Why do they do it this way?

16. How might this story end if he wanted a divorce from his wife?

17. What is the theme of this story (what are we to have learned)?