SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS

  1. What is the effect of the title?
  2. How does Mr. Utter make us love the dog?
  3. What knowledge of dog life does the writer show?
  4. Point out words or expressions that are usually applied only to human beings, that are here applied to dogs.
  5. Point out adjective effects.
  6. How does the writer make the dog seem amusing?
  7. How does the writer make the dog seem admirable?
  8. What human characteristics are attributed to the dog?
  9. Point out noteworthy examples of humor.
  10. Show how the writer employs detail as a means of emphasis.
  11. Point out examples of especially effective metaphor.
  12. What is said concerning the pup-boy and the pup-girl?
  13. How does the essay make us feel toward dogs?
  14. What is the effect of the closing sentences?