1. Why is George's mind "over seven hundred miles away"?

2. What degree did George earn? From which university?

3. Why does George feel he must send a telegram to his girlfriend?

4. Why does George talk to his boss? What happens? How does George feel?

5. What troubles George when he arrives at the train station in Tennessee?

6. Why won't Jonquil marry George?

7. Why does George regret not leaving Jonquil earlier?

8. At the train station, what does George say he will do?

9. When George returns to Tennessee, of what is he afraid? Are his fears justified?

10. What does George learn about love at the end of the story?