1.

The girl has to go to the field of corn and select the biggest and ripest ear she can find.
She must do this as she walks along and is not allowed to turn back.
2. No, because she was anxious to find the biggest ear. As she kept going, the ear became
smaller, and she was ashamed to pick any.
3. The story is entitled “Decision Making” because the girl could not make up her mind in
finding the biggest and ripest ear.