The Store
This person owned the Store where Maya and Bailey lived.
Who is Momma/Sister Henderson?
This is the narrator's name as an adult and the name Mrs. Flowers uses for her.
Who is Marguerite?
Mrs. Flowers is described as the "aristocrat" of this community.
What is Black Stamps?
Mrs. Flowers tells Marguerite that language is a way for people to do this.
What is communicate?
Mrs. Flowers invites Marguerite to her home to have these.
What are cookies and lemonade?
Before the Store was built, Momma sold these foods to workers.
What are meat pies and lemonade?
Marguerite loved the Store more than anywhere else until she left Arkansas at this age.
What is thirteen?
Mrs. Flowers dressed in printed voile dresses and these accessories.
What are flowered hats?
According to Mrs. Flowers, words mean more than what is simply written on this.
What is paper?
Mrs. Flowers teaches Marguerite to be intolerant of this, but understanding of illiteracy.
What is ignorance?
The Store sold everyday goods such as food, thread, shoestrings, and these items for the wealthy.
What are light bulbs?
Marguerite loved eating these tropical fruits, but could only have them at Christmas.
What are pineapples?
She asks Marguerite to call her by this preferred term rather than "Sister Flowers."
What is Mrs. Flowers?
She tells Marguerite that the human voice adds these to words.
What are shades of deeper meaning?
Mrs. Flowers teaches Marguerite to value the wisdom passed down through these kinds of sayings.
What is "mother wit"?
The Store became the social center of this part of town.
What is the Negro area?
When Marguerite incorrectly measured goods, she punished herself by giving up these sweets.
What are chocolate drops?
Mrs. Flowers gives Marguerite books and tells her to do this with them.
What is read them aloud?
The first book Mrs. Flowers reads aloud to Marguerite is this Dickens novel.
What is A Tale of Two Cities?
After her visit, Marguerite feels respected for being herself rather than simply someone's relative. What full name does she emphasize?
Who is Marguerite Johnson?
Maya compares opening the Store in the morning to doing this with an unexpected gift.
What is pulling the ribbon off?
Before meeting Mrs. Flowers, Marguerite had become this.
What is isolated/depressed?
Mrs. Flowers becomes this for Maya.
What is a model?
Mrs. Flowers later asks Marguerite to memorize and recite something from this type of book.
What is a book of poems?
Mrs. Flowers is called "the lady who threw me my first ________," showing how deeply she helped Marguerite.
What is lifeline?