1. Review Benjamin Franklin's American Compact in chapter 10. Describe the nature of this compact and explain how it is different from the America that has actually come into existence.

2. Write a summary of Reverend Thrower's relations with his "visitor." Compare this relationship with Alvin's vision of the shining man. What important similarities and differences do you see?

3. Peggy Guester is an important character at the beginning and at the end of the novel. Compare the way she appears and acts when she is a child and when she is grown up. How has she changed? How is she the same?

4. If you had an opportunity to write in Taleswapper's book, what would you write? Why?

5. Think about the marriage between Armor-of-God Weaver and Eleanor Miller. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this marriage? How will they live together after their...