SONNY’S SCHOOLIN’
1. What is the advantage of the monologue form?
2. How is conversation indicated?
3. Point out the separate incidents that make up the story.
4. What advantage is gained by the use of dialect?
5. Point out elements of goodness in Sonny.
6. What is the character of the father? How is it presented?
7. Tell why Miss Phoebe Kellog’s school was superior to all the others.
8. Show in what way the author has produced humorous effects.
9. Write an original story in which you tell what happened to Sonny when he came to your school.