What does the mother in the excerpt want from her daughter? Use details from the text to support your answer.

Do you think that Defoe s original readers, many of whom had experienced the plague firsthand, would have approved of his fictional account? Why or why not?

Reread lines 79-124, about the narrator s encounter with the desperate man. What aspects of verisimilitude make the most impact in this scene?

Are widely held views often wrong or are such views more likely to be correct?

After King was booked for running an illegal boycott and released, why did Ralph Abernathy ask his congregation to walk everywhere the next day?