Questions on “Reading Lucy” by Jennifer Egan

12 Responses to Questions on “Reading Lucy” by Jennifer Egan

1. Mohd.Parvez says:

   November 25, 2011 at 9:20 pm

   1. Answer: Lucy’s mother lived in Twentieth Avenue in Bensonhurst.

   2. Answer: Lucy eat her supper or dinner at her mothers house
   before night shift at the navy yards.

   3. Answer: She’s sixty-two years.

   4. Answer: Jennifer Egan Google “Lucille Kolkin”.

   5. Answer: By googling she had learned that the person had died in 1997, at age
   seventy-eight.

   6. Answer: The information from Google affected her by making her shaken.

   7. Answer: Alfred moved to navel base in Del Monte, California.

   8. Answer: Lucy worked in Navel base in del Monte, California along with her
   husband for 8 hours shift.

   9. Answer: Egan hope Lucy will work as a waitress.

   10. Answer: The reason Egan want Lucy to pursue that other job so she will
   be busy and not writing letters to her husband for a year.

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2. jeanalba1993 says:

   November 30, 2011 at 3:10 pm

   1) Lucy’s mom lived on Twentieth Avenue in Bensonhurst
   2) Her mother’s house was near the navy yard and ate supper over her place.
   3) She was 26 years old
   4) She google’s Lucy or “Lucille Kolkin”
   5) She finds out that she passed away in 1997 at the age 79 and found her obitutary.
   6) She becomes shaken from what she learned
   7) At the Navel Base in Del Monte in California
   8) A Waitressing job in Del Monte
   9) Obtains a job in Navel Base in San Fran in California
   10) Becuase She wanted Lucy to obtain more skills at the navy yard since she knows the sexual revolution

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   • jeanalba1993 says:

     November 30, 2011 at 3:11 pm

     is coming close

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3. rreyes150730 says:

   November 30, 2011 at 6:03 pm

   1) Lucy’s mother lived in Twentieth Avenue in Bensonhurst.
   2)Lucy took a streetcar to her mother’s house to eat supper before going to her night shift at the navy yard.
   3) Lucy is 25 when she begins writing the letters.
   4) She Google’s “Lucille Kulkin”.
   5) She finds out from an obituary that she had died suddenly in 1997 at 78 years old. she also finds out that Lucy had 2 daughters and 2 grandchildren, and lived in New York. She also learns that Alfred was still living after 53 years of marriage.
   6)This affects her by making her shaken in her seat.
   7)He finds a job in the Naval Base in del Monte in California.
   8)She gets a job in Del Monte as a waitress.
   9) Eagan hopes that Lucy will pursue a job in San Fran.
   10) Eagan wants Lucy to pursue the other job so that she can obtain skills for the sexual revolution which comes in twenty years.

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4. stevenrod809 says:

   December 3, 2011 at 12:53 pm

   1. Lucy’s mom lived on Twentieth Avenue in Bensonhurst
   2. Her mother’s house was near the navy yard and ate supper over her place, after that she would take a car to the navy yard.
   3. She was 26 years old
   4. She google’s Lucy or “Lucille Kolkin”
   5. She finds out that she passed away in 1997 at the age of 79 and found her obitutary.
   6. She is shocked after learning of the new information
   7. At the Naval Base in Del Monte in California
   8. A Waitressing job in Del Monte
   9. Obtains a job in Navel Base in San Fran in California
   10. Because she wanted Lucy to obtain more skills at the navy yard since she knows the sexual revolution

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5. mishell says:

   December 5, 2011 at 7:34 pm

   1. Lucy’s mother lived on twentieth avenue in Bensonhurst by the Brooklyn navy yard.
   2.Lucy would go eat supper over her mothers place,after that she would go to work by car since her mothers house was located by the Brooklyn navy yard.
   3.when Lucy was writing the letters to Alfred she was 26 years old.
   4.Jennifer edgan googles Lucy’s full name lucille kolkin
   5. Jennifer find out a little bit about the life of Lucy. She died in 1997 at the age of 79. She also had 2 daughters and 2 grandchildren.
   6. Jennifer becomes shocked about the information she found out.
   7.at the end of the story Alfred finds the job at the naval base in Del Monte ,California
   8. Along with her husband she finds a job in del Monte, California as a waitress.
   9. Jennifer wanted Lucy to get the job in navel base in San fransico, California
   10. Jennifer wanted Lucy to take this job because she would of gained skills at the navy yard for the sexual revolution.

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6. Josue Enriquez says:

   December 6, 2011 at 9:21 pm

   1)Lucy’s mom lived on Twentieth Avenue in Bensonhurst/
   2) Her mother’s house was near the Navy Yard so she had a lunch in her mother house.
   3) She was 26 years old went she was writing to Alfred.
   4) She google’s the full name of “Lucille Kolkin”
   5) She finds out that she died at age of 79 in 1997.
   6) She was astonish with the information she found out.
   7) Alfred get a job at the Navel Base in Del Monte in California.
   8) unfortunately she got a job as a waitress in Del Monte California.
   9) Egan hope that Lucy will pursue a job in Navel Base in San Fran in California.
   10)Egan wanted Lucy to take this job because she wanted Lucy to obtain more skills at the navy yard and also for the sexual revolution.

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7. Jeff says:

   December 6, 2011 at 10:32 pm

   1. Lucy’s mother use to live on twentieth avenue in Bensonhurst.

   2. Lucy would go to eat supper over her mothers place then later she would take the car to work since her mothers house was located by the Navy yard.

   3. Lucy was 26 years old when shewas writing the letters to Alfred.

   4. Lucille Kolkin is what Jennifer gets when she googles Lucy’s full name.

   5. Jennifer finds out a little bit about the life of Lucy she finds that she died in 1997 at the age of 79. She also found out that she had 2 daughters and 2 grandchildren.

   6. Jennifer becomes shocked after finding that information.

   7. At the end of the story Alfred finds the job at the Naval base in Del Monte ,California.

   8. She finds a job in del Monte, California as a waitress.

   9. Egan wanted Lucy to pursue the job in the navel base in San fransico, California.

   10. Egan wanted Lucy to pursue this job because she would gain more skills at the
   navy yard for the sexual revolution.

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8. nyashasmall says:

   December 6, 2011 at 11:04 pm

   1)Lucy’s mother lived on Twentieth Avenue in Bensonhurst
   2)Lucy gets to her job from her mothers home by “streetcar”
   3)She was 26 years-old
   4)Jennifer googles “Lucille Kolkin”
   5)She found out that Lucy had died in 1997 at the age of 78, had two daughter,two grand children, lived in New York, and was married 53 years
   6)She was surprised about what she had just found out about Lucy
   7)Alfred got a job at the naval base in Del Monte as a radio technician
   8)She got a job as a waitress
   9)She wanted her to work at the naval base in San Francisco
   10)She wanted her to go because she wanted Lucy to know what independence feels like before its too late, too get more skills so that she is ready when the sexual revolution hits, and because its gorgeous

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9. Navin says:

   December 7, 2011 at 8:44 pm

   1. Lucy’s mom lived in Twentieth Avenue in Bensonhurst.
   2. Lucy usually eats her dinner at her mothers house
   before night shift at the navy yards
   3. Lucy was 62 years old.
   4. Jennifer Egan had google “Lucille Kolkin”.
   5. By googling she had learned that the person had died in 1997, at age
   78.
   6. The information from Google had making her become shaken.
   7. To the navel base in Del Monte, California.
   8. At the Navel base in del Monte, California Lucy has worked with her
   husband for 8 hours shift.
   9. Gets a job in Navel Base in San Fran in California
   10. Because she would of gained more knowledge and skills at the navy yard for the sexual revolution.

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10. chaowacho says:

    December 9, 2011 at 11:18 am

    1) Lucy’s mother lived in Twentieth Avenue in Bensonhurst.
    2) Lucy live near there, and eat supper at her mother’s house.
    3) She is 26 years old.
    4)She Google Lucy’s full name, Lucille Kolkin.
    5) She find out Lucy died at the age of 79. She have 2 daughter and 2 grand children.
    6)She is shaken by the information.
    7) He got a job in the naval base.
    8)She got a waitress job instead.
    9)She wanted Lucy to get a job at San Fran.
    10)She will obtain more skills when she go there.

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11. valentina says:

    December 12, 2011 at 10:25 am

    1. Lucys mother lived in tweentieth Avenue in Bensonhurts.
    2. Lucy got to her job from her mothers House by a street-car.
    3. lucy was in her mid tweenties when she was writing letters to Alfred.
    4. Jennifer Egan googled “Lucille kolkin”, looking for lucys biography.
    5. she learne that lucy had died in 1997 at age 78, she had two daughters, two grand children and Alfred survived.
    6. the information affects her in a way that she does not see the letters with the same prospective because she already knows the outcome of the story.
    7. Near the end Alfred finds a job at the Naval Base in Del Monte, California.
    8. After Lucy leaves Brooklyn she finds a job as a waitress.
    9. Egan hopes that lucy will persue instead in San Francisco.
    10.she wants her to persue that other job instead because she would gain more experience and skills.

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