II. Answer the questions. 1. Whatwas the reason of Fran's exaggerations?
2. What do you think she said about her friends, school, etc.?
3. What way out did Fran's stepmother find to make the girl stop lying?
4. Which phrase in the text proves that it wasn't easy for the girl to win
the badge?
5. Fran was eager to announce her victory, wasn't she? Prove it by the
text.
6. It was only once that Fran's stepmother believed her. When? Was it of
any use?
III. Discuss the following. 1. Give a character sketch of the girl's stepmother.
2. Analyse relationship between the girl and her stepmother.
3. What prevented them from becoming friends?
4. Do you think stepmother may have become mother for the girl?
5. Whose side did Fran's father take? Give your grounds.
6. Why was it so difficult for the girl to announce her victory?
7. Which words of her stepmother killed all her three-month hopes and
expectations?
8. What did the girl bury beneath a rock in the garden?
9. Was it only the badge?
10. Why was Fran's childhood "bewildering, lonely and frustrating"?
IV.Retell the text on the part of 1) Fran Walker,2) her stepmother, 3)
