Vocabulary
Convincing; compelling
What is valid?
the “big idea” of the whole work, one section, or single paragraph
What is main idea?
What is one item that was sold in the Store?
What is food staples, a good variety of colored thread, mash for hogs, corn for chickens, coal oil for lamps, light bulbs for the wealthy, shoestrings, hair dressings, balloons and flower seeds?
Mrs. Flowers told Maya to listen to the collective wisdom of?
What is generations?
What is chocolate kisses, Bailey and pineapples?
Never stopping; continual.
What is ceaseless?
The rest of the sentences are “blank” that blank the main idea.
What is supporting details?
What was the formal name of the Store?
What is Wm. Johnson General Merchandise Store?
What was the name of the novel that Mrs. Flowers read to Maya? Hint: "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times".
What is Tale of Two Cities?
What did Mrs. Flowers ask Maya to do?
What is memorize a poem and recite it for her?
kind; gentle
What is benign?
Who did Maya and her brother Bailey live with?
What is their grandmother and uncle?
What was Maya's punishment for not weighing the sacks of flour, sugar, mash correctly?
What is no silver wrapped chocolate kisses?
Mrs. Flowers told Maya to be intolerant of?
What is ignorance?
What was Maya Angelou's birth name?
What is Marguerite Johnson?
not able or willing to accept other people's beliefs and opinions
What is intolerant?
When Maya returned to Stamps from visiting her mother in St. Louis what happened?
What is Maya stopped talking?
Who owned the store?
What is Momma (Maya's grandmother)?
Mrs. Flowers threw Maya her first?
What is lifeline?
How did Maya feel before her visit with Mrs. Flowers?
What is "like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible"?
feeling of delight
What is enchantment?
When Maya says, “Whenever I walked into the Store in the afternoon I sensed that it was tired.” What literary device is she using?
What is personification?
In what city in Arkansas was the store located?
What is Stamps?
Maya believed and still continues to believe, that Mrs. Flowers was the "measure of what a..."
What is "human being could be"?
How did Maya feel after her visit with Mrs. Flowers?
What is like just for being herself?