# Bill Means — The Hoosier Schoolmaster character guide

> Bill Means in The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Edward Eggleston.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bill, poor Bill

**First appearance:** 0003-i-a-private-lesson-from-a-bulldog

## Who they are

One of the Means brothers, involved in local events.

## In the story

### [I: A Private Lesson from a Bulldog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/i-a-private-lesson-from-a-bulldog)

The younger son of Jack Means, who plays the prank of putting a puppy in Ralph's desk on the first day of school.

### [A Spell Coming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/ii-a-spell-coming)

A student who is compelled to put out the dog by Ralph's commanding presence, later facing ridicule from peers.

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