"I Stand Here Ironing"
Emily's mother is ironing but has thoughts of her
what is whether or not she was there enough for Emily's life?
What is Calvin Beadle's relationship to Donny?
What is his tutor?
Where does the nickname "Blue Roses" come from?
What is Jim misunderstood Laura when she said she had "pleurosis?"
Explain what made Mommy so unusual in her neighbourhood. In other words, why did she constantly attract stares and sometimes criticism?
What is she was white in a black neighborhood?
What action does Laura take to close the final scene of the play?
What is she blows out the candles?
How many children did Emily's mother have?
what is Five including Emily
In the principal's office, Daisy clutched her purse and worried about her appearance. The author included these details to show Daisy's feelings of...
What is insecurity in her parenting and lack of parental control?
Why does Laura drop out of business school?
What is she gets ill at first examination?
What did Richie tell James that made him question his place in the family? Why was this lie so significant to James at the time?
What is James has a different mother and because he was so young, James was already questioning his mother's race and did he belong to the family?
What job does Amanda take to prepare for the gentleman caller?
What is sells magazine subscriptions?
T/F "I Stand Here Ironing" has the thoughts and mindset of Emily's mother in chronological order?
What is F, because her thoughts seem to follow Emily's years but it bounces all over because of her mother's frantic mind
Where does Donny end up at the end of the story?
What is an undisclosed location after running away?
Explain the significance of the light bill.
What is not paying it is one way Tom is asserting his desire to no longer have to take care of his mother and sister because it is a symbol of hope and clarity?
Who is Aubrey Rubenstein and what is the significance of James' trip to Suffolk?
What does Amanda hope to achieve through the gentleman caller's visit? Why does she put so much pressure on the evening?
What is relive her youth and secure Laura's future; she is stuck reliving her past through Laura and knows that Laura will not make it on her own without a husband?
What is the significance of the use of imagery to describe Emily's childhood?
What is It is more gripping to hear the mother's point of view rather than Emily's so that there is more to interpret and analyze.
What parenting advice does Calvin give Daisy?
What is trust Donny and let him have more "responsibility?"
Who is referred to as "Shakespeare"? By whom? What does this serve to exaggerate?
Who is Tom, by Jim, to exaggerate Tom's way with words and desire to be a writer so bad?
Why did Ruth send her children to predominately Jewish schools?
Why was Ruth prohibited from being at her mother's deathbed?
What is the family "sat shiva" for Ruth stating that she no longer existed to them and was officially out of the family?
Did Emily's mother do the right thing? Why is she questioning her motherhood of Emily?
What is Emily's mother questions why Emily wasn't as quick and glib as her other kids or the other students
What is Calvin's reaction to Donny's being expelled from school?
What is complete deflection: "Donny was a lost cause?"
Who is referred to as an "emissary from a world of reality"? Explain the meaning behind this description.
Who is Jim, meaning that Jim is the true embodiment of the modern world with everything he does, and this family is not ready for the outside world?
Explain the significance of Chicken Man in relation to James' journey.
How was Ruth treated by her mother's family in NY?
What is mostly treated as inferior but the grandmother treated her well, and Aunt Betsy took Ruth to a doctor for abortion for Ruth's pregnancy?