1. Hunky
By: Hugh Garner
Reading: Read story silently.
Post-reading
1. What impression do you first have of the work environment of the Ontario
tobacco fields? Why?
2. What are your first impressions of a) the narrator, George, b) Hunky?
3. What kind of employer is Maurice Vandervelde
4. As you discover more about Hunky – his childhood background and his
actions on the farm – how do your fist impressions change and evolve?
5. Although he was born in Poland with the proper name of Stanislaw
Szymaniewski, he has for some reason adopted the name Hunky. How and
why did this probably come about?
6. What is George’s opinion of Stanislaw marrying Maria, Vanderveldes’s 18-
year-old daughter? Do you agree with this assessment? Why?
Response Journal
What is your personal response to George’s final action in vindicating
Hunky’s hit-and-run death?