Plot 1
What event in Maggie's life is mostly to blame for her shyness?
a trauma she suffered when t he house burned down
What trait does Dee share with her mother?
Both are strong-willed
What word means to move sideways?
sidle
"A dress so loud it hurts my eyes. "
metaphor, personification, hyperbole
What method of indirect characterization is this passage:
"Not with that face. I would not take you nowhere." said the woman.
words spoken
To connect with her African roots, what does Dee do?
changes her name
What is the MAIN conflict of the story?
Dee wanting the quilts
What word means principles or teachings or beliefs?
doctrines
"I am a large, big-boned woman . . ."
alliteration
What method of indirect characterization is this passage:
Mrs. Jones got up and went behind the screen. The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run.
action
What device does the author mostly use to tell us about mother?
narration
Which character sees herself as a strong, capable woman?
What word means searching thoroughly or in a rough manner?
rifling
"There I meet a smiling, gray, sporty man like Johnny Carson . . ."
allusion
What method of indirect characterization is this passage from the story:
After he had dried his face and not knowing what to do, dried it again, the boy turned around wondering what next. The door was open. He could make a dash for it down the hall. He could run, run, run, run.
private thoughts
What does Maggie get at the end of the story?
quilt
Why will the mother not let Dee have the quilts?
because she already promised them to Maggie
What word means drawing back or huddling in fear?
"She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand. . ."
metaphor
What example of indirect characterization is this passage:
He looked as if he were fourteen or fifteen, frail and willow wild in tennis shoes and blue jeans.
appearance
How are Dee and Maggie different?
Maggie is closer to her mother than Dee is. Dee is outgoing and attractive whereas Maggie is scarred and shy.
What does the narrator do for the first time at the end of the story?
hugs Maggie
What word means to keep down by unjust use of power?
oppress
"It is like an extended living room."
simile
What method of indirect characterization is this passage:
"The boy said, "I didn't aim to.
words spoken