Her Life/Summary
Historical Context
Gender Criticism
Culture
Psychological Criticism
100
The speaker refers to her daughter as this
What is a slut
100
Girl was first published in this magazine
What is the New Yorker
100
The author represents women's role in the family as this
What is domestic responsibility
100
This is a type of Antiguan folk music
What is benna
100
This grammatical oddity tells us that the girl in the story is somewhat overwhelmed
What is the whole story is one-sentence long
200
The daughter speaks this many times in the story
What is twice
200
Antigua belonged to this country until 1981
What is England
200
This is an important piece of advice the mother failed to mention
What is how to nurture a child or how to be a friend
200
This is a shape-changing spirit in the Antiguan folk beliefs
What is the jablesse
200
The mother exhibits this type of parenting style
What is Authoritarian
300
This person is the "fertile soil of Kincaid's creative life
Who is her mother
300
Believers in obeah do not trust this
What is Appearance
300
This is the only way a woman shows power
What is avoiding evil forces and manipulating appearances
300
This is where the daughter was not supposed to sing benna songs
What is the Christian church
300
T/F The girl's mother talks about responsibilities other than the domestic ones
What is false
400
Kincaid's has said that all her fiction is based on this
What is her autobiography
400
Kincaid's family treated illnesses with these
What are home made medicines
400
The mothers warnings indicate this
What is suppressing female sexuality
400
This saying "This is how to throw back a fish you don't like, and that way something bad won't fall on you" is an example of the mother's belief in this
What is Antiguan folk belief or superstition
400
Psychological critics read this poem as a dream and try to reveal this type of content
What is latent content
500
This is Kincaid's original Name
What is Elaine Potter Richardson
500
Kincaid left Antigua for New York in this year
What is 1966
500
The mother warns against throwing rocks at this
What is the blackbird
500
Easy extra point question: This is the location of the island Antigua
What is the Caribbean
500
this is parenting styles in which orders and demands are given to children and there is little opportunity for children to speak back
What is Authoritarian Parenting
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