Q1.How would you characterize the style or voice of the first three sentences? Childlike or sophisticated or what? How would you characterize the final sentence? How can you explain the change in style or tone?
Q2.In the paragraph beginning "Now it was really getting later" why does Hughes bother to tell us that Westley was swinging his knickerbockered legs and grinning? Do you think that Westley may have also cried that night? Give your reasons.
Q3.Is the episode told from the point of view of someone "going on thirteen" or from the point of view of the mature man?