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Read the following excerpt:
"Then is will get washed this evening," said the large woman, starting up the street, dragging the frightened boy behind her. The woman said, "You ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong...Are you hungry?"
"No,m," said the being-dragged boy. "I just want you to turn me loose."
If you didn't understand what Hughes means by "being-dragged boy" what part of the section could you reread to help you understand?
By reading the line, "...starting up the street, dragging the frightened boy behind her" it helps me understand that "being-dragged" is a different way of saying she was dragging Roger up the street.