Responding... 1. Everyone has certain strengths, or gifts, that commitment and hard work can
help to realize. Write a journal entry about the gifts that you possess, and
what you would have to do to realize them. Think about any sacrifices that
you might have to make, and what those sacrifices might mean to your life.
Do you think you could give the kind of commitment that was asked of
Hannah?
Discuss with a partner the reasons Hannah made the choice that she did. Do
you think it was the right choice? Outline the alternative for her art what it
might mean to her life.
3. This short story uses subtle foreshadowing throughout to prepare the reader
for events in the plot and for the ending. How is each of the following events
foreshadowed?
a) Tante Rose's great fear of bicycles
b) the photograph appearing in the newspaper
c) the decision Hannah makes
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