Chap 11
Who did Marguerite think was the greatest writer in the world?
Marguerite thought that Horatio Alger was the greatest writer in the world.
What illness did Marguerite’s mother think she had, when she thought Marguerite was sick?
Measles
What did Bailey tell Marguerite that she must do in the courtroom?
Bailey said that Marguerite must tell what Mr. Freeman did to her when she was called upon to testify.
How high did Bailey report that the buildings were in the North?
Bailey said that the buildings were so high that in the winter the people did not see the tops for months.
Who was the person who helped Marguerite stop “sopping around the house like an old biscuit”?
Mrs. Flowers helped Marguerite to stop sopping around like a biscuit.
What was the honor system the children had with their mother?
Marguerite and Bailey had to do their homework, eat dinner and wash their dishes before they could listen to the radio; since no one was there to check on them, they had to be honest about it themselves.
What was Mother fixing Marguerite for breakfast?
Cream of wheat
Why did Marguerite believe Bailey when he said that he would not let Mr. Freeman kill him?
Marguerite believed Bailey because he never lied to her.
How did Bailey say that one could win a “zillion” dollars?
Bailey said one could win a zillion dollars if one could count the seeds in a watermelon before it was cut.
What did Mrs. Flowers lend to Marguerite?
Mrs. Flowers gave Marguerite a book of poems to take home with her.
What directions did Mother give the children every night?
Marguerite and Bailey were advised by their mother every night to say their prayers and to go to bed.
What made Mr. Freeman leave the house?
The fight that he had with Marguerite’s mother
How did Marguerite lie on the witness stand?
Marguerite lied on the witness stand because she did not tell about Mr. Freeman’s advances to her before the rape.
What was meant by a person being “tender-hearted”?
A tender-hearted person was a sensitive person; people who were tender-hearted were looked upon as being a little sick or in delicate health.
What did Mrs. Flowers say separated the animals from people?
Mrs. Flowers said that language separated the animals from people.
What difficulty did Bailey and Marguerite begin to experience in St. Louis?
Bailey began to stutter and Marguerite began to have bad dreams in St. Louis.
What book or comic strip did Bailey read to Marguerite while she was sick?
Bailey read the Rover Boys and The Katzenjammer Kids to Marguerite while she was sick.
Why did Marguerite’s uncles not harm Mr. Freeman immediately when they found out what he had done?
Marguerite’s uncles did not harm Mr. Freeman because he was arrested.
What did it mean when the customer said that Bailey had a silver tongue?
Bailey was said to have a silver tongue because he could easily tell stories; the stories rolled off his tongue smoothly and people tended to believe him.
Why was Marguerite—not Bailey—sent home with Mrs. Flowers?
Mrs. Flowers asked that Marguerite—not Bailey—go with her. This visit, the reader senses, may have been planned by Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Flowers.
What threat did Mr. Freeman make?
Mr. Freeman threatened to kill Bailey if she ever told anyone about what happened between them.
How did Mother find out about what happened to Marguerite in this chapter?
Mother found the stained underwear at her feet when Bailey helped to change the bed.
What did the police officer say happened to Mr. Freeman?
Mr. Freeman had been found dead in the slaughterhouse lot. He looked as if he had been kicked to death.
How did Marguerite feel amongst the people in Stamps? Did she understand?
Marguerite said that she felt not so much forgiven as she felt understood.
Why did Mrs. Flowers appeal to Marguerite?
Mrs. Flowers appealed to Marguerite because she was like people that Marguerite had never met personally; she was like women in English novels who walked the moors, who drank tea in front of roaring fireplaces, who walked the “heath” and read morocco-bound books, who had two last names divided by a hyphen. She was like people Marguerite dreamed of becoming.