Why didn't George want to talk to Mr. Cattanzara on one of his his night walks?
George didn't want Mr. Cattanzara to ask him about his reading as Mr. Cattanzara would find out he wasn't reading at all. George crossed the road to look in a s
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Since when does George Stoyonovich and Mr. Cattanzara know each other?
George knows Mr. Cattanzara since he was a boy when Mr. Cattanzara gave him a nickle to buy lemon ice.
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Who are the main characters in the story?
eorge and Mr. Cattanzara
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How many books George claimed to read?
100
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How is the relationship between George and Mrs. Cattanzara?
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Who are the minor characters?
George's father, his sister Sophie and Mrs Cattanzara
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What did George do with himself during the days?
He had a morning cup of coffee on his own. He cleaned the house (mopped the floors and put things away) He listened to the ball game on the radio. He read the W
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thief
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star
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rocket
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lifesaver
Give 15 points!
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What changed after George told Mr. Cattanzara he was reading a hundred books?
1. The shoe maker said to George that he was a good boy. 2. People simled at him kindly. 3. Sophie was softer to him and gave him a buck a week from her earning
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Who is the author?
Bernard Malamud
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monster
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magnet
Take 25 points!
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shark
Other team loses 25 points!
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banana
Go to last place!
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Why is the story called A Summer's Reading if George started reading after the summer in the fall?
The actual reading did start in the fall, but George "read" his situation and learnt about himself during the summer. Only this summer reading of himself could
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How did George guess Mr. Cattanzara didn't tell everyone he wasn't reading books?
When he finally left his room he saw that people were still friendly to him. A man asked him if it was true he had finished reading all the books.
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Why do you think Mr. Cattanzara told George "Go buy yourself a lemon ice, Georgie?"
He wanted to tell George that he knows he isn't reading the books and therefore he is behaving like a little boy and not a grownup.
