- Briefly describe Mr. Wine. What is Mr. Wine’s religion?
- How does Mr. Wine contribute to Little Tree’s education?
- In what sense is Mr. Wine stereotypical?
- What, according to Mr. Wine, is the difference between technical figuring and value figuring?
- Find a passage in this chapter where Carter’s description of nature is a metaphor for Mr. Wine.
- Why does Mr. Wine light a candle when there is a lamp in the room?
- “Mr. Wine said no thrifty people was ever taken over by a dictator.” In what sense is this statement a political comment on the German people, who were taken over by Hitler?
- Find examples of the color yellow and indicate what yellow might symbolize in this story.