Directions: Answer the following questions from "Voices" by Alice Munro

1. Who is the narrator of the story? In what way is she different and similar to other girls her age? * Alice Munro's,

2. Describe the characteristics of the narrator’s mother and father

3. Describe the attitude of the narrator towards her mother and father. Who does she empathize with more and why?

4. What are the narrator thoughts and questions about the community dances she and her mother attended in the past? How does the fact that this story happened during the Great Depression shed light on this issue?

5. Note the setting of the story. In what way is it both specific and universal?

6. The reason for Peggy’s distress in the story is not clear. What do you think happened?

7. Relate the ending of the story with the story’s title—”Voices”

8. How does the narrator’s experience at the dance affect her?

9. Explain how the story shows a young girl’s emergence from the innocence of childhood to the world of intimacy, relationships, and sexuality?

10. This story belongs to the coming-of-age or ‘initiation story’ genre. Identify elements in the story that qualify it as such​