1) What was Jesus Colon's dilemma on the train? What were the different factors he was weighing in his mind? 2) What was at stake in Colon's decision? How did he feel about his choice afterwards?

3) Why do you think he wrote this story?

4) Discuss the significance of the title. Why is it important to the message of the story?

5) Create a different ending to the story. What do you think Colon might have done? How do you think the woman might have responded to the action you have imagined for Colon? Describe how Colon would feel after he made a different choice.

6) Make a personal connection with this story and connect the two stories of "Little Things are Big" and "Danger of a Single Story."

where is the article

they fear for their lives

the correct answer is a. he fairs had detailed, specific rules about what merchants could sell and how they could sell it. despite the fact that all the other answers have relevant details, they make inferences based on the passage that lacks all relevant information to support them. only the answer a makes no inferences, and can be supported by this part of the passage: "the fairs were very well organized. they featured covered galleries so that merchants could buy and sell even if rain came drumming down; cellars were so large, they resembled underground cities. at the fairs, merchants could trust the weights and measures, and a strict order prevailed for how things were to be sold."