ind in the story some of the dramatic, graphic scenes that John has
sketched for his uncle. See how well you can fill them out and express
them. Why would this story make a good play?

4. What three people does Mrs. Andrews make real and likable to you?
Does Uncle Bill conceal his real character? Of what other character in
this book does he remind you?

5. Some of you may be able to write a stirring story of the brave deed
of some real or imaginary ambulance driver for the Red Cross in Italy
or France during the Great War.

John G.

1. What gives you the thrill in the story "John G."?

2. Does this story of Miss Mayo's gain or lack in interest, because it
is founded on fact?

3. Who would you say was the main character or real hero of the story?

4. Where in the story would you say was the most critical and the most
interesting point?

5. Could this incident make the foundation for a good moving picture
scenario?

6. Write either a story or a scenario of an exciting and dangerous
adventure in which a dog or a horse is the hero.

Friends

1. In what are you most interested in this story?

2. Is the setting of the story in the school or at home?

3. Do Mrs. Mowgelewsky and Morris seem like any living persons you have
known?

4. Do you think the children in the first grade would like Miss Bailey
as a teacher? What makes her a lovable person?

5. How do this story and others by Myra Kelly that you may have read,
show that she sympathized with and understood these American children
of foreign birth?

A Camping Trip

1. Does the interest of this story lie more in the nature or
out-of-doors setting, or in the action or plot?

2. Note the number of birds mentioned in the story. How many of them do
you know?

3. What are some of the beautiful or poetic pictures of nature given by
the author? Did the scenes have any effect on the imagination and
feeling of these real boys and add to their enjoyment?

4. Have you ever had a camping experience? In what ways was your
experience like that of the boys in this story?

5. Write a story of a camping or other out-of-doors trip in which the
characters have some narrow escape and which contains some description
of nature.

The Thread without a Knot

1. Has the recent World War made any difference in the current idea in
America that only foreign universities, art schools, and works of art
are of any real value? Why did Mr. Harrison good-humoredly assen