Reginald Isom September 14, 2011 Foxtrot Company/2nd Platoon Quiet Storm The AlchemistPage 51-71 Questions Please

answer the following questions and submit the assignment via Edmodo. A short SHALLOW answer for certain questions will not receive any credit from me. Unless it is a simple straight forward questionbe sure you give me a quality thought induced answer!!! Assignment 2 (10 questions total) Beginning Page 51 to page 71"I don't even know what alchemy is," the boy was saying, when the warehouse boss called them to come inside." 1. In order to attract more business after working there for one month, what does the boy suggest that the crystal merchant allow him to do? 2. Why didn't the crystal merchant ever go on a pilgrimage to Mecca? 3. What reason does the merchant tell the boy about why he would not go to Mecca now? 4. Look at questions 3 & 4 again. What are your thoughts concerning the merchants reasoning in #4? o What are your thoughts concerning #5Does it make sense to you? o Would you take that approach as it relates to your personal goal? Please share! o

5. After another two months of working for the merchant, what idea does the boy have to bring more customers into the crystal shop? 6. Look at questions #1 & 5 again. Now think about our Thoughts on Leadership discussions these past two weeks. What is the boy becoming as it relates to his way of work thus far? It is one WORD Im looking for. o Tell me the word o Tell me what the word means o Then explain how the boy exemplifies that meaning.

7. Why does the merchant claim to feel worse than he did before the boy arrived to work for him? 8. Look at #7 again. People come into our lives at times to challenge & elevate us. Think about the effects that the boys presence, persona, and passion have on the man. Is there anyone in your life our inner circlewho functions in this way? Tell me about him/her. IF NOTwhat are you going to do about it? 9. When the boy tells the merchant that he is going to be leaving to return to his country to buy sheep, he asks for the merchant's blessing. What does the merchant say about the boy's journey home AND WHY do you believe he says that? 10. Who befriends the boy on the journey? Tell me a little about him.