1a. Why is Crow always hungry?
2a. How does Hannah come to realize that Mr. Francher is dead and what it means?
3a. Why can't Hannah think of anything to put in her will?
1b. How does Hannah feel about Crow? Describe some things she says and does that support your answer.
2b. In what ways had Mr. Francher been important to Hannah?
3b. Why doesn't Hannah want to use up things, like her ballpoint pen, or give her things away?
4a. Compare and contrast how Mr. and Mrs. Francher each react when Hannah asks to put some bologna and a can of spaghetti on the Glen's bill at the end of the month.
4b. Why do you think they react as they do?
5a. In your opinion, are Hannah and Crow justified in saying they are paying respects to Mr. Francher in order to eat a lot at the gathering after the funeral?
5b. Think of a time when someone who was kind to you moved away or died. How did you feel? Did you think about it much? Did you talk to anybody about it? How had that person helped you?
Point of View. How would some of the scenes in this story have been different if it had been told from the vantage point of a third person?
Characterization. What kind of person is Hannah? Which details tell you the most about her? What do you know about Crow? Which character is developed more fully? What else, in your opinion, would be interesting or helpful to know about either of these characters?
1. Imagine you are Mrs. Francher. Make a list of the Groceteria's ten best-selling foods that need to be reordered from the supplier to restock the shelves.
2. Write a section of your own will, modeled after those in the story. Give at least six of your possessions away to others.
3. Imagine you are Hannah. Write an essay about the green and white afghan, including why it makes you think of a spring day and why you don't want to part with it by giving it away in your will.
Matching. Match the vocabulary word on the right with the correct definition on the left.
1. pasty click to select answer a. by this means b. ruin c. chest of drawers d. marked by good character e. looking pale f. generosity g. just good enough h. having grooves
2. hereby click to select answer a. by this means b. ruin c. chest of drawers d. marked by good character e. looking pale f. generosity g. just good enough h. having grooves
3. botch click to select answer a. by this means b. ruin c. chest of drawers d. marked by good character e. looking pale f. generosity g. just good enough h. having grooves
4. upstanding click to select answer a. by this means b. ruin c. chest of drawers d. marked by good character e. looking pale f. generosity g. just good enough h. having grooves
5. passable click to select answer a. by this means b. ruin c. chest of drawers d. marked by good character e. looking pale f. generosity g. just good enough h. having grooves
6. bureau click to select answer a. by this means b. ruin c. chest of drawers d. marked by good character e. looking pale f. generosity g. just good enough h. having grooves
7. fluted click to select answer a. by this means b. ruin c. chest of drawers d. marked by good character e. looking pale f. generosity g. just good enough h. having grooves
8. charity click to select answer a. by this means b. ruin c. chest of drawers d. marked by good character e. looking pale f. generosity g. just good enough h. having grooves
Working with Negatives. Review the Language Arts Survey 3.25, "Working with Negatives." The easiest mistake when using negatives—words like not, nobody, none, hardly, barely, can't, don't, won't, and isn't—is to use more than one in a sentence. Read the following sentences. In the space provided, correct and rewrite the sentences that contain more than one negative. Indicate correct if the sentence is correct the way it is written.
1. Crow hardly never got enough to eat.
2. I don't care about nothing Mrs. Francher says.
3. Tell your mother not to forget the money.
4. I didn't have no idea about your problem.
5. I would try not to look at no potato salad or cheese.
6. Hannah's not going to wait around for nobody.
7. He probably wouldn't like the glass chicks.
8. These jeans don't even have no holes.
9. The shop owners aren't letting in no one.
10. I'm not bringing back no food for you!
