1. Super highways can speed traffic from one locale to another but often by-pass small towns as is the case with Zenith, the town where the Caldwell newspaper is languishing. What are the positive and negative effects of such highways?

2. Mr. Caldwell says to his son, "Laws are made by men, and laws must be obeyed by men." There are many who would agree with this.

There are others who would disagree and point to the American Revolution and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s call to civil disobedience as cases in point.

How do you stand on this issue? State your position and defend it.

3. The Caldwells serve dinner with style in the family dining room and use the time to talk to each other. Many families have abandoned such "niceties" for a more free-wheeling lifestyle.

Children are allowed to...