Night summer reading assignment answers

11.Describe George's family. Sophie, George’s sister is tall and bony. She works long hours in a cafeteria. George’s father is a quiet man. He works long hours in a fish market. His mother is dead. 12.Describe the neighbourhood. Poor, crowded and rundown with tall buildings with flats over stores. it is without any plants or trees.

He left school on an impulse because he ran out of patience. He didn’t like feeling in school that the teachers disrespected him. 9.Why doesn't he go to summer school? He would be older than the other students. 10.Describe a typical night in George's life./ How does G. usually spend his night?

These are two families living in the same neighbourhood. They have known each other many years. 4. Who is the author? Bernard Malamud 5.Where and when does the story take place? In a poor neighbourhood in New York City, in the early 1950s. 6.Why does George spend most of his days in his room?

George tries to avoid Mr C. and reacts like a little child, closing his eyes when he can’t answer him. It is unclear if he eventually does read books as he told Mr C he was. At the very end, we know that George sat down to read. Whether he does is not spelled out to the reader explicitly. We do know that in the past George made the easy choices.