Carefully read Chapters 1-3 of The Fall of Rome. Answer the following questions either as you read, or following your reading. The questions require depth and understanding; most require multiple sentence responses:
1. Articulate Mr. Washington's philosophy of being an African-American teacher in a predominately Caucasian, elite private school.
2. What impression do you get of Mr. Washington by the comments and remarks he makes of his only African-American student, Rashid?
3. Summarize Mr. WAshingtons comments on page 12
4. Is it important that on page 13, Mr. Washington is surprised when Mr. Bryson raises his hand?
5. Describe Kofi and the impact that he has on his younger brother, Rashid. What happens to Kofi?
6. How then is Rashid additionally burdened and set apart from his peers at Chelsea?
7. Why had Ms. Hansen come to Chelsea to teach?
8. Explain the author's choice of having the novel told directly by Mr. Washington (Chapter 1; an all knowing narrator for Rashid- Chapter 2; and from Ms. Hansen in Chapter 3?) (What purpose does it serve to have the novel told this way instead of from an all-knowing narrator?
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