March 10th

19 Questions due Monday!

Today's class was an example of just how much work can be done in about 45 minutes.  If you put forth 45 minutes of work and reading like you did today, understanding story and enjoying it will come easier!

Please have the following questions done for Monday.

Reading Questions
“The Great Taos Bank Robbery”
English 9

1.  Who is the first person to make a phone call about the robbery?  How did she know about it?
2.  How did the caller know that the two people planned to rob the bank?
3.  Why did the editor believe the caller?
4.  What was unusual about the title of “The Great Flood of 1935”?
5.  What did Mrs. Fish see as she and her friend walked through the alley?
6.  Why was the bank crowded that morning?
7.  Why did the “robbers” stand out?  Why was that not that big of a deal in Taos?
8.  Why did the robbers leave the bank?
9.  Why does the author say that the townspeople have the right to use the title “robbery”?
10. What really was the Great Flood?
11. What did the robbers do when leaving the bank in their truck?  What happens when they
leave the scene?
12. How do the authorities know the identity of the robbers?
13. What did the robbers return to town to do?
14. What happens when someone comes upon the robbers’ hideout?
15. What do the robbers do a second time?
16. What does Nat Flores do for the robbers and convince them to do?
17. What happens when the robbers go before the Grand Jury?

2 More Added:

1. Describe and give 2 examples of irony from the story.
2. If you were one of the robbers in the story, what would you do different? 1-2 paragraphs