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5.Answer the following questions.
1. Where is the scene laid?
2. What kind of information was wanted from Atwood?
3. Why was the consul in Coralio regarded as an encyclopedia?
4. What did the consul write back to the Dalesbourg postmaster?
5. Was the letter taken seriously? Why?
6. What was the night program in Coralio like?
7. Why did Hemstetter come to Coralio?
8. Who were the first customers in the shop?
9. How was the necessity for demand created?
10. Why could John get the goods without the usual inspection at the
customs-house?
11. What kind of cure did the local barber offer cockleburr victims?
12. What was Rosine’s reply to John’s confession?
13. How did John sell the remainder of the shoes?
14. Why did Atwood resign?

6.Make up a dialogue between
a) Keough and a resident of Coralio;
b) Keough and Atwood;
c) Atwood and Rosine;
d) Atwood and Hemstetter.

7.Draw character sketches of Atwood, Keough, and Rosine.

8.Discuss the following quote with reference to the story and everyday life:
a) the men … lords of the earth;
b) You can’t create a demand. But you can create a necessity for a
demand.

9.Write a brief summary of the story.

10.Analyse the reading according to the following outline:
1. Introduction: (author, title, background, and main idea)
2. Form:
a) Genre
b) Structure
3. Content:
a) Theme or thesis
b) Plot or action
c) Characters
d) Setting