Read the short story “An Uncomfortable Bed” and look at the questions that can be found under the story. Answer the questions together with your group and write a response to the discussion question you were assigned.

What character trait does penelope demonstrate when she calls for the suitors to hold a contest? what other character has a similar trait? she demonstrates cleverness, like odysseus does when he tricks and overcomes foes. she demonstrates hospitality, like the phaeacians do when odysseus lands on their island. she demonstrates a lack of confidence, like telemachus does when he fails to kick out the suitors. she demonstrates a lack of self control, like odysseus’s men do when they slaughter helios’s cattle.

Based on the evidence provided, readers can conclude that trey is

How does the author foreshadow trouble in the prison? support your answer with explicit textual evidence