The letter Tom wrote to his friend Ed.
Global Reading
What was their conversation centered on
Their conversation was centered on the lifelong friendship between the driver and Old Ed.
How did the author get to learn more about the friendship between the driver and Ed
The author got to learn more about their friendship by reading the letter himself.
Global Reading
Parts
Para(s)
Main Ideas
1
1-20
2
21-35
3
36
From a conversation with the cab driver the author learned how much he regretted failing to keep up correspondence with his old friend Ed.
Reading the letter by himself, the author learned more about the lifelong friendship between the driver and Old Ed.
The driver's experience urged the author to reach for his pen.
Global Reading
The following questions are what the narrator asked the cab driver. Put them in the right order.
1) Did you go to school together
2) The letter must have made you feel good, didn't it
3) Is your cab available
4) Is he someone you've known quite a while
5) Is he dead
6) I thought your friend was Ed. Why did he sign it Tom
7) Is the letter from a child or a grandchild
8) Did you two work at the same place
3-7-4-1-5-8-2-6
Further Questions
Part One: True or False
1. The driver caught a cold that day.
F
He had just cried.
2. The driver had never seen Ed in the past 25 or 30 years.
F
He had only seen him once or twice a year.
Further Questions
3. The driver had never forgotten his old friend.
T

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