The Corn Planting

By Sherwood Anderson

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​"The Corn Planting"

Multiple Choice

What else did Sherwood Anderson write?

• "Flight"

• "Sophistication"

• "Winter Dreams"

• The Great Gatsby

Choosing whether your story will be first person, third person, omniscient, makes a difference to your reader. Which "person" do you prefer?

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​The narrator

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the narrator of "The Corn Planting"?

• He is not named

• Hatch Hutchinson

• Will Hutchinson

• Hal Weyman

Open Ended

Does the unnamed narrator make you feel like you're a part of the story? Why or why not?

Multiple Choice

What was Will Hutchenson exceptionally good at?

• Making friends

• Playing baseball

• Drawing

• All of these

Multiple Choice

In what city was Will living at the time of the story?

• NYC

• Boston

• Chicago

• St. Louis

Multiple Choice

Why didn't the Hutchinsons visit their son in the city?

• They were not interested in what happened to Will

• They were handicapped

• They worried about who would milk their cows

• They didn't know how to drive

Multiple Choice

How did the news of Will's death get to his hometown?

• telegraph

• a friend drove up from Chicago

• a letter

• Hank the trapper

Multiple Choice

How did the news of Will's death get to his parents?

• The telegraph operator bicycled over to the farm.

• Hal and the narrator walked over and Hal blurted it out.

• The narrator couldn't get up the nerve to tell them, so Hal did.

• They never knew.

Multiple Choice

What had Hatch been doing during the day that his son died?

• plowing his fields

• painting his barn

• waiting for a letter

• applying for a job

Multiple Choice

What did Hatch and his wife do to process the terrible news?

• went back to bed

• took a long car ride

• started planting the corn

• invited their close friends over

Multiple Choice

What did Hal think would comfort them going forward?

• Their grandchildren

• Their dog

• Their farm and Will's letters

• a kind of silent cry, down into the earth