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David Foster Wallace, Incarnations of Burned Children

David Foster Wallace, Incarnations of Burned Children

Read Incarnations of Burned Children and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. The burn victim is

a young girl.

the Mommy.

the Daddy.

a toddler.

2. The Daddy’s pent-up feeling toward the Mommy is

fear that she is burned.

gratefulness that she was there helping immediately.

frustration that she did not call him right away.

anger for allowing this thing to happen.

3. The worst scalds seemed to be

the legs.

the face and neck.

the chest.

the right arm and shoulder.

4. The most serious burns actually are

on the toddler’s feet.

under the baby’s diaper.

in the toddler’s ears.

on the toddler’s legs.

5. What the Daddy won’t most forgive is

the ER staff’s slowness.

the tenant holding him back.

the Mommy’s screams.

how badly he wanted a cigarette right then.