Foxman Chapters 1-5

The Foxman: Comprehension Questions Chapters 1-5

Consider this paragraph from pages 18-19:
Sometimes we’d ditch Don, and Carl and I would go riding on Jim and Digger—which wasn’t like riding on horses but more like sitting on two big tables that could move—off down the country roads. That sounds good, and looks good in those pictures that you see on calendars all the time where the kids are riding the horse under the big trees.
But the truth is the blackflies follow the horses, and so do deerflies. Clouds of them. And the bite like the very devil….

1. What does the narrator think about riding on the horses?
He didn't like it, there were a lots of flies.

2. What did it mean when Carl and the narrator would “ditch” Don?
"ditch" means get rid of.


3. Why do you think the first word of the second paragraph starts with “but”?
He really does'nt like riding horse because so many blackflies biting, hurting and itching at same time.
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4. Who is Sharon Emerson (p. 13, p. 19, p. 31)?
She is a mature girl who lives in a farm next Harold's farm. She will get married to an old guy and drop out of school. Once she kissed Carl and the narrator.

5. Where is “the old country” and why do they call it that (top of p. 30)?
"the old country" is Norway. He came from Norway.

6. On page 33 and 34 the narrator realizes that though they are the same age, Carl acts like he is older than the narrator. What evidence do you have that Carl acts more mature? What explanation does Carl give for this?
He is awared about the safe of the farm. He is much more responsible than the narrator even they are the same age.
You have to take care of yourself in the farm. You don't have time to be a kid, you have to grow up. It just happens.

7. What does this sentence from page 35 mean? List some words that describe the feeling of the sentence. But that’s what I did, and when I finally got to sleep, there was a moon coming out across the snow, white and open, so the inside of the room was a pale white-yellow and not at all ugly, but soft, and like home.
Because now he feels like home. He feels comfortable.