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“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

I.  Complete the following questions after reading/hearing pages 6-8 (before big W) without reading any further.

1. Where does this story take place?
   
   
   
2. Write one question you have already.
   
   
   
   

II.  Complete the following questions after reading/hearing pages 8-9 (before the big H) without reading any further.

3. Now where do you think this story takes place?
   
   
   
   
4. Substantiate the answer you gave for #3 with specific evidence from the story.
   
   
   

III.  Complete the following questions after finishing the story.

5. Between pages 6-9 Mr. Mitty has imagined (or flashbacked) himself as a fighter in an 8 engine hydroplane and...         

   a.  a gas station attendant          b. a surgeon      c.  a great actor

6. What are 3 errors Mitty has made?
1. drove through an exit, forgot to give attendant his keys, and put tire chains on wrong
2. killed a man on his side during the war, married the wrong woman, and ran over his dog
3. ran a hydroplane into rocks, ran out of gas and inadvertently forgot his wife’s name

7. What does Mitty think of his wife?
1. as a dear, sweet woman
2. as a boss
3. as a beauty
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Please turn over

 

8. What is wrong with Mitty’s life?
1. He’s not satisfied with the way his life has turned out.
2. He suffers from a mental illness
3. He’s talented in so many professions he can’t stick with one.

9. How does he solve his conflict?
1. He lets his wife help him.
2. He tries out lots of jobs.
3. He compensates for his lack of achievement by daydreaming about the way he would like to have been.

10.  Now where do you think this story takes place?