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1. What is the setting for THE BOTTLE FACTORY OUTING and who are the two characters first introduced?

At the opening of the novel, set in London, we see two roommates, Freda and Brenda.

2. What are Freda and Brenda doing as the story opens?

Freda and Brenda are first introduced to the reader as two women standing at their apartment window looking down on a funeral procession in the street.

3. How are the differences in Freda and Brenda apparent as they watch the funeral from the window?

It is easy to see that these two women are very different; Freda is crying dramatically at the sight of the funeral, even though she did not know the elderly woman who passed away. Brenda, who is easily embarrassed and is even afraid to look out the window, asks Freda why she is crying.

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