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Questions:
1. Irony occurs when what actually happens is completely different from what would be expected. With that in mind, explain the irony in the title.
2. What Judgements about Canadian society does this story invite you to make?
3. By the time you have finished reading the story you have a pretty detailed sketch of Tom's character, What are his main qualities?
4. Of what significance to the story is the moth described as "beating its futile wings against the glass of the window"?
5. Mr. Staynor is not quite like the other white people. In what way is he different? What is his importance in developing them?
6. The following passage: "Babies did not die like this in their father's arms on a highway that ran fifteen miles north to a small town with a doctor and all the life-saving devices to prevent their death..." Is this Tom's thought, or is it the author's comment? Or is it a combination of the two? Justify your opinion.
7. What incident forms the climax of the story?
8. Referring to two incidents in the story show that Garner has repeatedly emphasized the degradation endured by Tom.