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IX. Answer the following questions:

  1. When and where does the action of the story take place?

  2. How old was Eddie?

  3. Why did he come to the drugstore? Why was he surprised by Mr. Keen’s offer?

  4. What did Mr. Keen place on the desk in front of him?

  5. What for did the pharmacist ask Eddie into his office?

  6. What caused Eddie’s asthma attack?

  7. Did Eddie understand any of Mr. Keen’s explanations?

  8. Why did the boy run away?

  9. Why didn’t Eddie throw away the aspirator?

X. Write a short summary of the story ; retell the story.

XI. Discussion points

  1. Do you understand Mr.Keen’s motives? Was it worthwhile enlightening the boy? Do you share Mr.Keen’s conviction that Eddie was suffering because the illness was “in his head”?

  2. Mr.Keen blamed Eddie’s mother and her doctor for Freddie’s illness, didn’t he? Do you agree with him? What do you think of the woman? Give her character sketch. What conclusion can you draw about the relationship between Eddie and his mother?

  3. Why couldn’t Freddie believe the druggist? Why was he angry and frightened? What, in your opinion, would he have done if he had believed the druggist to be telling the truth?

  4. What do you think of the placebo effect? Why do doctors prescribe placebos?

Лицензия 040343. Дата выдачи 30.06.97г.

Редактор В.И.Буланова. Подписано в печать – апрель 2002г.

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Усл.-печ.л. 2 л. Тираж 100 экз.

Липецкий государственный педагогический университет

3980206 г.Липецк, ул. Ленина, 42

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