Characters
The narrator's brother...
"Who is Bailey?"
The narrator's grandmother addressed every female character this way...
"What is Sister?"
A synonym for a cottage: the type of house owned by the narrator's 'hero.'
"What is a bungalow?"
What the narrator was invited over to eat/drink...
"What are tea cookies and lemonade?"
What the Caged Bird 'sings of...'
"What is freedom?"
The aristocratic lady's first name...
"What is Bertha?"
The armoire (closet) where the narrator kept her clothes...
"What is a chifforobe?"
Place where the narrator's dress was embarrassingly pulled up to show the stitching/lining.
"What is the local general store?"
This embarrassed the narrator (about her grandmother).
"What is her poor grammar?"
Two things that impede the caged bird...(be specific)!
"What are clipped wings and tied feet?"
"What is Mrs. Flowers?"
The name given to the grandmother (by her grandchildren).
"What is Momma?"
The types of novels, often set among the moors, that the narrator loved to read...(hint: from what country)?
"What are English novels?"
The novel that was read to the narrator...
"What is A Tale of Two Cities?"
"What is from a distant hill?
Maya Angelou's given first name.
"What is Marguerite?"
The expression used by country people to refer to the common sense knowledge of the poor/illiterate.
"What is mother wit?"
What the segregated part of town was known as.
"What is Black Stamps?"
The recommendation given to the narrator in order to excel even more at school...
"What is to speak/engage teachers in conversation?"
What the free bird can openly claim as his own...
"What is the sky?"
How the aristocratic lady would address the grandmother.
"What is Mrs. Henderson?"
White people who felt that being white was the great 'evenizer' (or, equalizer) between them and sophisticated black people...
"What are powhitefolks?"
Southern state where the excerpt is set in...
"What is Arkansas?"
Talent/skill that the grandmother exhibited particular skill with...
"What is sewing/making clothes?"
The character who felt like the caged bird in the excerpt.
"Who is Marguerite?"