Why are there three girls rather than one or two?

Is Sammy a typical teenage boy of his time?

Does Sammy quit to impress the girls, or to protest Lengel's treatment of them?

Is "A & P" one of the world's greatest short stories?

Why did Hemingway make the old man deaf (p. 222)?

Which waiter says of the soldier "The guard will pick him up (p. 222)?"

Why is there no music in the older waiter's ideal cafe (p. 225)?

Why does the older waiter stop at the bodega (p. 225)?

Is the setting of the story important?

Why does the author begin his story with an allusion to "Hamlet?"

Why are we told of qualms on Camillo's part (p. 129), but not on Rita's?

Why doesn't Camillo take "another route" (p. 132) when he has the chance?

Who was sending the threatening letters to Camillo?

Is the fortune-teller a symbolic figure?

So what's the lesson (for us)?

How is it that Pierre and Jean find themselves at the same spot in their nocturnal walks (Ch. 2, p. 63)?

Why does Pierre tell others about Jean's inheritance (Marowsko: Ch. 2, p. 67; the barmaid: Ch. 3, p. 75), when he can't bear to think about it?

Why does Pierre change his mind over night about revealing his suspicions to Jean (Ch. 5, pp. 101-2)?

What does it signify that both Pierre and his father find refuge in boats?

Does the absence of admirable characters affect our evaluation of the novel?

Do you agree with the Introduction (p. 9) that this novel is not an overgrown short story?