1. What does Jerry have that some of the boys at the orphanage don't have?

2. Why was the narrator at the cabin?

3. What surprises the narrator?

4. What does the boy look like? To what does the narrator compare him?

5. What word comes to the narrator's mind when the narrator thinks of Jerry?

6. In what ways does Jerry show integrity?

7. What does the narrator see in Jerry's eyes? How does the narrator describe Jerry's character?

8. Why is the narrator late in returning to the cabin?

9. What does Jerry do when he learns of the fog?

10. How did the dog bring the narrator and the boy closer together?

11. What does Jerry tell the narrator that causes the narrator to feel distressed? What does the narrator realize is the meaning of the distress?

12. What are the two gifts Jerry tells the narrator his mother has sent him?

13. What feelings does the narrator have toward Jerry's mother? Why does the narrator feel this way?

14. What does the narrator say about the human mind?

15. What does the narrator learn about Jerry?