General Questions
1. Of all the issues to discuss with a foster teen anxious about his or her future, why is trust the first, and one of the most frequently addressed in this book?
2. Is there anyone in your life that you trust completely? Explain the reasons for your answer.
3. Do you trust yourself? Explain the reasons for your answer.
4. Who trusts you, and why do they trust you?
5. What can you do to acquire the trust of other people you know?
6. In this story, the tandem is a metaphor for what?
7. In this story, blindness is a metaphor for what?
8. What other metaphors and analogies can you find hidden in this story? Hint: There are many, probably more than you find.
9. Why aren't Sage or Peter's last names revealed, and why isn't there a physical description of either of them?
10. Do you identify with either Sage or Peter? Explain the reasons for your answer.
11. What comparisons can you make between your life and the story of Peter and Sage?

Chapter 1
1. On the tandem, what does Peter place entirely in Sage's control?
2. Do you think Peter's blindness makes it easier or harder to trust Sage? Explain the reasons for your answer.
3. Do you have a high level of confidence in yourself? What can you do to increase your confidence?
4. With which of Sage's early journal entries do you identify and why?
5. Do you think you're lucky or unlucky to be in foster care? Explain the reasons for your answer.
6. What has Sage said or written that you disagree with? Explain the reasons for your answer.

Chapter 2
1. Is there a mentor in your life? Who is he or she?
2. If not, is there someone you would like to be your mentor? Who is he or she?
3. Do you feel confident enough to approach that person and ask them to be your mentor? If not, what can you do to change that situation?
4. When you find a mentor, are you willing to cooperate with his or her efforts to help you?
5. Is Peter foolish to trust Sage steer the tandem, especially when he can’t see? Where would Peter be if he didn’t trust Sage as the helmswoman?
6. If you have aged out, is your situation better or worse than when you were in foster care? How can you make your situation better?

Chapter 3
1. How would you characterize Sage and Peter's relationship?
2. What's the primary tension in Sage and Peter's relationship? What's the source of this tension? Explain the reasons for your answer.
3. Is it possible that Sage and Peter are the same person at different ages?
4. Are you afraid of aging out, or do you look forward to that time? Explain the reasons for your answer.
5. If you have already aged out, were you prepared? What would you do differently?
6. What's Sage's motivation for helping Peter?
7. Have you ever been disappointed by someone who offered to help you? What did you learn from that experience?
8. Have you ever disappointed someone who was trying to help you? What did you learn from that experience?
9. Have you ever disappointed someone who relied on your help? What did you learn from that experience?

Chapter 4
1. Do you feel like you have control of your life? Explain the reasons for your answer.
2. Have you worked through Sage's method for determining a plan for your life? If not, why?
3. Are you afraid of making decisions? Explain the reasons for your answer.
4. Do you have access to a copy of Go Hire Yourself An Employer? If not, you can find one at a library, used bookstore, or online.

Chapter 5
1. What's your relationship with your family of origin? Is it possible to improve that relationship?
2. What's your relationship with your foster family or group home parents? How can you improve that relationship?
3. Can you explain the importance of the knowledge/wisdom symbiosis in your own words?
4. Do you think you make good decisions? What do other people say about your ability to make good decisions?
5. What is the power that can guide you out of foster care and into a successful adulthood? How are you going to acquire that power?

Chapter 6
1. What minimum wisdom and knowledge does Sage want to teach Peter?
2. Do you need to learn this same material? Explain the reasons for your answer.

Chapter 7
1. Will you choose to become wise? Is anything stopping you from choosing, and then becoming, wise? Explain the reasons for your answer.
2. What do you think is important about the story of Bobby Guise?
3. What do you think is important about the story of Gary Thornton?
4. Do you have a personal philosophy? Determine whether there are aspects of it you should change.
5. Is there anything Mr. L'bleak says that you disagree with? Explain the reasons for your answer.
6. Do you know you can download a free copy of As a Man Thinketh here? Get yourself a copy and start studying it.

Chapter 8
1. Why do Sage, Ayo, and Gabriel repeatedly talk about the Laws of Nature?
2. What do they expect Peter to gain from and do with his newfound knowledge of the Laws of Nature?

Chapter 9
1. Is there anything Professor DeLuz says that you disagree with? Explain the reasons for your answer.
2. Are you ready to begin training yourself to be a critical thinker by learning and applying what Professor DeLuz teaches? If not, are your reasons real obstacles or self-defeating excuses?
3. Are Professor DeLuz's lessons hard to follow? Some are, so read and reread them until you memorize what he has said.
4. Have you started using the book Critical Thinking? If not, find yourself a copy and begin.

Chapter 10
1. Is there anything Rabbi Maxx said that you disagree with? Explain the reasons for your answer.
2. Are some of Rabbi's lessons difficult to believe? Some are, so read and reread them until you at least understand what he has said.
3. Are you anxious to start your Malchemy Transformation? What's your starting point?
4. Do you have your own copy of the Book of Proverbs? If not, it's in any Bible. Get one, and start reading Proverbs.

Chapter 11
1. Is there anything Major Powers said that you disagree with? Explain the reasons for your answer.
2. Which personal traits do you need to work on to become a good leader?
3. Have you read the book How To Win Friends And Influence People? If not, find yourself a copy and begin.

Epilogue
1. What are some of the reasons for Sage's death?
2. Do you think Sage's experiment was a success? Explain the reasons for your answer.
3. Is Sage or Peter a person you think you could trust? Explain the reasons for your answer.
4. Now or in the future, are you willing to be a mentor to a foster teen? Explain the reasons for your answer.
 
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