Questions on "Posson Jone"
- Setting: Where does the story take place? When?
- What's a "Posson?" A schismatique?
- Where has Posson Jimmy Jone been on business?
- Where is Posson Jone going? Where is that precisely?
- What is homespun?
- Where is West Florida?
- Where is the Place Congo? What's happening there in
the story? What's special about the Place Congo in
United States history?
- What does "Colossus of Rhodes" refer to?
- Compare and contrast Posson Jone and Jules St. Ange.
- Compare and contrast Baptiste and Colossus.
- What happened to Posson Jone's money?
- What animals "fight?" What's that say about New Orleans?
- Who saves the day?