Aloysha the Pot
Man Who Was Almost A Man
Drown
Sleep
The Bet
100
Aloysha works in order to give all of his money to this person.
What is his father?
100
What item did Dave want so horribly?
What is a gun?
100
What crime did the main character and Beto get caught for?
What is theft?
100
In the nightmare the main character has, what is the old man doing to her?
What is pouring water on her feet?
100
What are the banker and the lawyer arguing about?
What is more humane: capital punishment or life imprisonment?
200
What article of clothing wore down and how did Aloysha feel about the new item after wearing it the first day?
What are his boots?

What is angry that his feet ached?
200
Dave obviously cannot handle the gun. What does he shoot? How does he try to fix it?
What is mule?

What is to put dirt in the gun shot hole?
200
Who says "Do you have a job"..."Would you like to have one? A real career, more than you'll get around here?"
Who is the military recruiter?
200
What does the wife say as her husband and son always pull out of the drive way?
What is "Be careful?"
200
What is the amount of money the banker bets?
What is two million?
300
What does Aloysha buy on his own? With what? How does he react to it and why?
What is a red sweater?

What is his tip money?

What is surprised because he never gets to keep the money he makes?
300
What are a few reasons Dave lied about what happened?
What is he didn't want anyone to think he wasn't a man?

What is he didn't want his mom to know he didn't bring home the gun to his dad?

What is he didn't want to lose his job?
300
What word did Beto get mad at the main character for knowing?
What is expectorating?
300
What type of crumb does she find in her book? Does this finding then lead to her gaining agency or losing it?
What is a chocolate crumb? It then leads to her gaining agency because she then decides to start eating chocolate again.
300
How many different languages does the lawyer write one line in a letter to "his dear gaoler?"
What is six?
400
Who says the quote "Now I don't approve of married servants."
Who is the merchant's wife?
400
Who says this: "Oh, it's kinda old...a left-hand Wheeler. A pistol. A big one?"
Who is the store owner Mistah Joe?
400
The end of the story ends with the lines "You better check those windows. I promise I will." What does this imply?
What is no change? The main character will remain in the same state he has been in.
400
What happens to the main character the first time she goes to the harbor?
What is she is asked to leave by the police man?
400
What is the reason the banker no longer had the two million dollars once the fifteen years had passed?
What is gambling in stocks, risky speculation, and recklessness of his money?
500
What does dying in terms of agency for Aloysha and why?
What is never gave him a chance to gain agency. By obeying his father and not marrying the girl he gave up agency and then he was never able to regain agency by dying. (personal opinion-able to gain points with valid explanation)
500
Why did or didn't Dave have agency after hopping on to the train at the end of the story.
He did: What is he made the decision to get on the train? What is he still had the gun? What is he decided to leave the life he leads?
500
When Beto first touched the main character, how did he react? Why did he let it happen again?
What is shocked?

What is fear of losing his best friend. It also might be because Beto is the only person he has ever been close to.
500
What happens to the main character the second time she goes to the harbor in the form of agency?
What is she loses agency when people start attacking her car and her car won't start?
500
How did the lawyer gain agency after fifteen years of imprisonment?
What is the lawyer will walk out of the prison cell five minutes early and refuse the two million dollars?