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“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”

Reader’s Response - Pages 5-13 # Page Question Answer 1 5 Why would you want to read more

about Mrs. Flowers?

2 5 What interests you about her realtaionship with the narrator?

3 5 Take a moment to picture Mrs. Flowers in your mind. What does she look like?

4 5 Does Mrs. Flowers remind you of anyone? Explain.

5 5 How does the image (picture) capture Mrs. Flowers grace and style?

6 6 What does the narrator mean when she says that she hated momma “with the unbalanced passion of the young?”

7 6 What is the narrator’s attitude as she listens to momma and Mrs. Flowers talk?

8 6 How does the narrator’s attitude affect the tone (mood) of the story?

9 7 Why would poor white folks “think of their whiteness as asn evenizer” with a sophiscated black woman?

10 7 Why do you think we are just learning the narrator’s name?

11 7 Why do you think Mrs. Flowers was the 1st to speak the narrator’s name?

12 7 Why do Mrs. Flowers and momma exchange “age group looks”?

13 7 Do teenagers ever exchange age group looks? Explain.

14 8 Have you ever had the chance to spend time with someone you admired? How did it make you feel?

15 8 What do you think she meant when she said “trusted” herself back into the story?

16 8 What do you think the girl in the picture is feeling?

17 9 As an adult ever embarrassed you in front of someone you admire? Explain.

18 9 Has the tone in the selection changed or stayed the same?

19 10 What similarities do you notice between Mrs. Flowers and Marguerite?

20 10 What differences do you notice between Mrs. Flowers and Marguerite?

21 10 What examples of Margeurite’s tone are on this page?

22 11 Why do you think Mrs. Flowers had ice during the week?

23 11 What is one description that appeals to the sense of smell?

24 11 What appeals to the sense of sight?

25 11 How can the description of the curtains appeal to the sense of hearing?

26 12 In your own words, explain Marguerite’s 1st “lesson in living”?

27 12 How does the narrator know that Mrs. Flowers is coming to the end of her reading?

28 13 Why does Marguerite run down the hill?

29 13 Why does Marguerite feel so special?