Chancellor's Reading Club

"The Conjurer's Revenge": Study Questions 

Compiled by John Brooks and the students of UNIV 101, Freshman Seminar I

The Text

• "The Conjurer's Revenge" at Documenting the American South.

The Story

• What prompts Julius to tell the story of the conjurer's revenge?
• What did Primus do to provoke the conjure man?
• How did Mars Jim get a new mule?
• What was peculiar about this mule?
• Why did the conjure man have a change of heart about the spell he put on Primus?
• Why did Primus end up with a club foot?
• What happened to the horse the narrator bought?
• What does the narrator suspect really prompted Julius to tell the story of the conjurer's revenge?

Characters

How would you describe the following characters in the story?

• The narrator
• The narrator's wife
• Julius
• Primus
• Sally
• The conjure man