WorksheetsThe Briefcase
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 45mins
Describe Chef's state of mind at the beginning of the story.
He is excited
He is thinking about his restaurant
He is wondering if there are other parts of the world that are like his country with political prisoners
He is enjoying watching the parade of prisoners in the middle of town
Describe the chef’s past and present actions.
In the past he was a teacher
In the past he fed wealthy people and people with power
Presently he is still working in his restaurant
Presently he is a prisoner because he let people speak freely about the government in his restaurant
How are Chef and Professor different?
Chef has a formal education and understands physics
Professor has a formal education and understands physics
Chef is not educated and only knows chemistry because he is a cook
Professor is not educated
Why did chef chase down the flailing papers?
What does Chef do to become Professor?
He grows his beard out
He writes the Professor's friends, colleagues, and students
He writes the Professor's wife
He changes his name and gets a new identify
Why does he want Professor’s wife to believe he is alive?
Why did Chef leave school?
He was offered a scholarship
His mother said he could not make a living going to school
His father wanted him to take over the family business
He made bad grades and flunked out
Why does Chef like reading about history instead of current news?
Because the current news is boring
Because he knows how the past ends
Because there was nothing else to read
Because he wanted to predict the future
Why did Chef feel guilty when he saw the beggar?
He saw himself in the beggar and said he was his "double"
The beggar was interrupting his meal
He did not like people asking for money on the streets
The beggar was horrible at playing violin
Why was Chef scared in his dream?
What motivated Professor's wife to meet Chef?
She wanted to see a new city
She wanted to see if her husband was having an affair
She wanted to find out what happened to her husband
She wanted to go ask for money
Why does Chef believe he can trick authorities into thinking he is really Professor at the end of the story? What is it that he has?
