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Tobias Wolff, That Room

Tobias Wolff, That Room

Read That Room and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. Where does the narrator meet Clemson, Eduardo, and Miguel?

at a bar

at a mutual friend’s apartment

at school

on a farm

2. Why does the farmer’s barn burn down?

A forest fire swept through the area.

Miguel set it on fire.

The farmer filled it with wet hay.

Lightning struck the roof during a thunderstorm.

3. What distracted Miguel from hurting the narrator in the hotel room?

the narrator running outside

Clemson throwing up

Eduardo spilling his beer

the shouts of his neighbors heard through the thin walls

4. Why didn’t the farmer let the narrator work as a farmhand at first?

The narrator was much better at handling and herding the animals.

The farmer didn’t believe the narrator would fit in.

The narrator was deemed too small.

The farmer didn’t feel comfortable around the narrator for the first few months.

5. What do Eduardo’s stories make the narrator realize?

Eduardo isn’t trustworthy.

He has yet to experience life’s real pleasures.

He misses his family and wants to leave the farm.

He isn’t meant to be a farmhand.