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    The document contains 10 questions about a short story titled "Identities" by W.D. Valgardson. The questions probe various aspects of the story, including the significance of the first word, the protagonist's motivation for leaving home, whether he knows his destination and why he gets lost, symbolic imagery used, impressions of settings, clues about the neighborhood and a character, how the protagonist might be feeling at a certain point and why, connections between passages, revelations about the protagonist's family, descriptions of characters encountered, and how the story concludes. The questions analyze key elements of the narrative.

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    The document contains 10 questions about a short story titled "Identities" by W.D. Valgardson. The questions probe various aspects of the story, including the significance of the first word, the protagonist's motivation for leaving home, whether he knows his destination and why he gets lost, symbolic imagery used, impressions of settings, clues about the neighborhood and a character, how the protagonist might be feeling at a certain point and why, connections between passages, revelations about the protagonist's family, descriptions of characters encountered, and how the story concludes. The questions analyze key elements of the narrative.

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    "IDENTITIES"

    By W.D. Valgardson
    1. How is the first word in the story important?

    2. Why does he leave home? What is his motivation or goal?

    3. Does he know where he is going? Why does he become lost?

    4. Are any of the images symbolic or stereotypical?

    5. What impressions are created by the writer's description of the


    playground and the school?
    6. What does the first sentence in paragraph 6 suggest about the
    neighbourhood? Why is the man sitting on the step? Why might this
    man be mentioned?

    7. By paragraph 7, how might the protagonist be feeling? Why?

    8. How does paragraph 8 tie in with an earlier one in the story? What
    is learned of the man's family's attitude toward him?

    9. What are the 4 people in the group like? What is the protagonist's
    attitude toward the girl? How does this reveal his character?

    10. How does the story end?

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