Chance plays an important role in By the Great Horn Spoon!, but the characters’ decisions are arguably more significant. Discuss three pivotal choices and how they lead to the story’s resolution.

After Praiseworthy loses his bowler hat to a gust of wind, he doesn’t feel “quite himself” for several days. Why is this? How does Jack feel about the loss of Praiseworthy’s hat—and later his coat—and why?

Praiseworthy and Arabella seem to have been in love for some time, perhaps years. What has kept them from marrying? What has changed by the end of the novel that allows them to share their feelings for each other?