A WORN PATH 14 QUESTIONS HOSTETLER

What can you infer about Phoenix's personality from her reactions to the obstacles she encounters along the path?

• She is basically an optimistic & hopeful person.

• She is resilient & takes difficulties in stride.

• She feels more at home in the city than in the country.

• She has unrealistic confidence in her strength.

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In what way does the title "A Worn Path" clearly represent the focus of the story?

• It emphasizes Phoenix's sense of purpose & resolve.

• It illustrates the repetitiveness of an old person's life.

• It symbolizes the great weariness Phoenix feels as she ages.

• It points to the gradual wearing away of Phoenix's vitality & wits.

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Which of Phoenix's character traits come most into play in her interaction with the hunter?

• bitterness and anger

• guilt and shame

• pride and courage

• cunning and resolve

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What do you know that helps you predict the hunter will not really hurt Phoenix when he points the gun at her?

• He has chased off the black dog.

• He has been killing bobwhites.

• He has helped her up.

• He holds his dog on a chaing.

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Phoenix sees the nickel fall from the hunter's pocket. She doesn't tell the hunter but later takes it but chastises herself for stealing. What does this tell you about her character?

• She is poor but honorable.

• She is poor and lacks gratitude.

• She is hungry and has not gratitude.

• She is needy and confused.

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Why may Phoenix may have been unafraid when the hunter pointed the gun at her?

• She had known the an since he was a boy and regarded him as a friend.

• She knew the man was kind hearted because he had lifted her up after she had fallen.

• She was a poor sharecropper and was accustomed to harsh treatment by callous landowners.

• She was exhausted and despairing and the threat of the gun held no fear for her.

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Why does Phoenix ask a woman to tie her shoelaces?

• She doesn't want to trip on her laces.

• She is testing the woman to see if she is kind.

• She needs to pause and catch her breath.

• She wants to presentable in the city.

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When Phoenix finally reaches the doctor's office, why doesn't she answer the attendant's questions?

• She thinks the attendant is being disrespecful.

• She has become confused and forgotten why she is there.

• She is waiting to talk to someone she knows.

• She isn't aware that the attendant is speaking to her.

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When the attendant offers Phoenix a few pennies from her purse, why does Phoenix reply by saying that "five pennies is a nickel"?

• She wants to prove that she can count.

• She is too proud to take less than a nickel.

• She wants the woman to give her more than just a few pennies.

• She is thinking out loud to remind herself how many pennies equals a nickel.

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Which detail best supports the interpretation that Phoenix's grandson is dead?

• Phoenix expects him to be surprised by a paper windmill.

• Phoenix takes a long time to respond to the nurse's question about him.

• The nurse's rrecords asy he swallowed lye two or three years ago.

• The nurse asks Phoenix whether the boy is dead.

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