Critical Thinking

Dear Future, pages 26-31

September 2014

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Critical-Thinking Questions
Dear Future

1. Describe the books mentioned in Dear Future and explain how they affect the characters.
What does Dear Future suggest about the importance of books?

2. On the phone, Annie says that sometimes she misses the past, even if it wasnt easy. What
might she mean? Why might someone miss a difficult time of life?

3. At the beginning, there is little communication between characters. When and how
does the level of communication in the story change? How does this change affect the
characters?

4. What does the last line of the story mean?

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