1. Why do you think that Ben Jordan asks his daughter if she wants to go and see if the lake is still there? Why does he invent an answer for why there are doors on the second story of the houses they pass?

2. Do you think that Ben Jordan is a happy man? What about Nora Cronin?

3. Why do you think that the title is "Walker Brothers Cowboy"? Of what significance is it that Ben Jordan dubbed himself a cowboy?

4. What was Ben Jordan trying to teach his daughter by introducing her to Nora Cronin?

5. Why does Ben refuse to dance with Nora?