One Ordinary Day With Peanuts

I. One of the following is not how Mr. Johnson behaves at the start of the story.

• kind and benevolent towards the boy he gave a carnation to

• grumpy, inquisitive and sarcastic towards the people he met

• warm and friendly as he greeted people

• happy and with a genial disposition towards people he came across

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When the writer says "Mr. Johnson said ‘good morning’ with real conviction" to the man who sold him the paper, what does she mean?

• She means Mr. Johnson was convinced he was meant to buy the paper from the man.

• She means Mr. Johnson felt a sense of conviction towards the man so he bought the paper from him

• She means Mr. Johnson greeted the man with a sense of sincerity and looked like he meant what he was saying.

• She means the man looked at Mr. Johnson with a sense of conviction that was real.

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Which of the following is true about Mr. Johnson?

• He is a thin and short man who dressed shabbily.

• He is a tall and thin man who paid attention to his dressing.

• Mr. Johnson's appearance isn't described at all.

• He is a small man who had dressed impeccably for that day with well-coordinated clothes.

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How do you think the people who met Mr. Johnson in the story must have felt about

him?

• They must have felt he was an obtrusive man.

• They must have felt a sense of discomfort around him.

• They must have initially felt uncomfortable but later they seemed to be thankful they met him

• They must have felt he was a sinister person and wondered why he was trying to help them.

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How do we know that Mr. Johnson hadn’t planned to be nice to a specific group of people?

• Mr. Johnson made sure he ignored anyone he had known before.

• Mr. Johnson wore a disguise so he was able to ignore anyone who had known him previously.

• Mr. Johnson made sure he left his house very late that morning so that people he had previously known would not meet him on his way.

• Mr. Johnson made sure he went on a street he had randomly chosen and didn’t follow the same route every morning.

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Why do you think the woman who was moving her belongings looked at Mr. Johnson distrustfully?

• She felt Mr. Johnson was a wicked man.

• She didn’t know Mr. Johnson and what he was up to especially when he offered to help with her son.

• She must have heard about Mr. Johnson’s bad actions.

• None of the above

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Why did the woman look accusingly at the son when Mr. Johnson asked her which part of Vermont they were moving to?

• She was worried her son had given away too much information to Mr. Johnson who even though was nice to them was still a complete stranger.

• She was angry with him because she had told her son not to tell anyone where they were going.

• Her son was a very troublesome boy.

• Mr. Johnson looked like he was interested in the lady and she didn’t want him to come and visit her.

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How did Arthur Adams react to Mr. Johnson’s offer of money to him and Mildred Kent?

• He happily accepted the money and thanked Mr. Johnson repeatedly.

• He threw the money back at Mr. Johnson and warned him profusely.

• He was hesitant and questioned Mr. Johnson’s reason for wanting to give him the money since Mr. Johnson didn’t even know him.

• He took the money and felt it was a normal thing for someone to give a stranger money.

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What was surprising about the ending of the story?

• The reader discovers Mr. Johnson’s wife is a criminal.

• The reader discovers Mr. Johnson was cruel and selfish to his wife.

• The reader finds out the Mr. Johnson’s acts were only an act because he was willing to swap roles with his wife who had been unpleasant and unkind to people

• The reader finds out that Mr. Johnson actually hated to be a nice person because of what he told his wife about the people he met that day.

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What is an example of foreshadowing in the story?

• “I want to speak to you,” said Mr. Johnson ominously.

• Mr. John Philip Johnson shut his front door behind him and went down his front steps into the bright morning with a feeling that all was well with the world on this best of all days...

• Mr. Johnson stopped, and for a moment joined the crowd, then he came forward and, touching his hat civilly, said, “Perhaps I can keep an eye on your little boy for you?”

• The young man stared, and, staring, found himself caught and held by Mr. Johnson’s genial smile...

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