Bread
What is a famine?
When there is not enough food or resources for people to survive so everything is rationed
What does vigorously mean?
forcefully
What does tremulous mean?
trembling
strange or odd; unusual.
What is Ms. B's favorite color
Green
What does unremarkable mean?
not particularly interesting or surprising.
What does imperceptibly mean?
ever so slightly
What was the murder weapon Mary used to kill her husband?
a leg of lamb
Where did Ms. B go to college for undergrad?
Gettysburg College
How much bread did the first character in the story have?
Acceptable answers: a lot, a loaf, enough bread for the character
What grade was the main character starting on her first day of school?
kindergarten
What does insistently mean?
over and over, done in a demanding way
What does it mean when someone feels anxious?
a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
What ethnicity is Ms. B?
Haitian-American
How many settings was described in this story?
4
What was the name of the advertisement that was playing in this story?
Ebony
What was the main character's job?
bank clerk
What was the drink that Mary poured for her husband?
Whisky
What is Ms. B's height?
5'3
What happened to the loaf of bread that the rich sister denied her poor sister?
Blood came out of it when her husband cut into it.
What was the skill that her mother had trouble with? What did her mother not know what to do?
reading and writing
How many payments did the main character have to make in order to purchase the coat?
Three
What was Mary's husband's name?
Patrick
What three schools did Ms. B teach at before Gratz?
Roxborough HS, KIPP HS, and Frederick Douglass MS