IV. Questions on the text. 1.
Who was the only person the author knew in Boston?
2. In what way was he received? Why was it of great importance to him?
3. What made the young man apply for a job to the Pope Company?
4. Describe Colonel Pope. What was his answer to the young man's
story?
5. Why did the man still hang on though he found out that the company
was laying off hands?
6. What question did the Colonel ask him?
7. Describe the young man's job and say whether he coped with it.
8. Why did the man continue to work for Mr. Wilmot though he hadn't
engaged him?
9. What happened at the end of the week?
10. What job was the young man offered in the long run?
11. What idea flashed through his mind?
12. What helped the man to get his first job?
