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Mais oui, Jacques - But yes, Jacques
Au'voir (Au revoir) - Goodbye
3. Answer these questions in writing:
a) You knew from the title that the secret was going to be revealed by the
end of this story. What is the secret and who share it?
b) Who is the other human character in the story?
c) Who reveals the secret?
d) How long did the horse and man work together?
4. Look at elements that make the ending plausible.
plausible:
believable
a) In boasting about his horse Pierre says something very telling. What is it?
b) Why do you think Pierre arrived one morning with a walking stick? Notice the hesitation
with which he explains it.
c) Jacques says Pierre should teach the horse to carry the milk to the front door for him.
'He does everything else. By the end of the story we know this to be truer than Jacques
knows. This is called 'dramatic irony'. Explain this.
d) How does the fact that Pierre could neither read nor write help us believe the ending?
Think of the implications at the time.
e) How does this phrase make the ending plausible: 'All Pierre had to do was to arrive at
five in the morning, walk to his wagon, which was always in the same spot at the curb?
f) Here is another example of dramatic irony: There was something about Pierre and
Joseph that made a man mile tenderly. It was as though each drew some hidden
strength from the other.' Explain.

Answer 1

F

Step-by-step explanation:

) Here is another example of dramatic irony: There was something about Pierre and

Joseph that made a man mile tenderly. It was as though each drew some hidden

strength from the other.' Explain.