1. What is the theme of the story?
a. Study first before focusing on friends.
b. It is good to study but sometimes you need also to enjoy having friends.
2. Which part of the story leads you to the theme?
a. Nobody asked Ulysses to hang out again, but he did read about friends in his books.
b. On another day, a different friendly student asked Ulysses if he wanted to go out for
hoidogs after school.​