What did Mr. Cattanzara mean when he said "George, don't do what I did?"
Mr. Cattanzara wants George to finish his education and get a better job and a better life - something that Mr. Cattanzara himself didn't do.
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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.
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Who are the minor characters?
George's father, his sister Sophie and Mrs Cattanzara
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What was Mr. Cattanzara's weakness?
He sometimes got drunk
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Who are the main characters in the story?
eorge and Mr. Cattanzara
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Why did George quit school?
He run out of patience. He wanted to be respected but he felt the teachers did not respect him.
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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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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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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 didn't tell the truth about George and he even told everyone he had finished reading the books?
Mr. Cattanzara understod that George needed the people's respect and he hoped that feeling their respect would move George to actually do what he lied about.
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How many books George claimed to read?
100
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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.
