Willow Springs
Who is the matriarch of the island?
Mama Day
"'Cause if Mama Day say no, everybody say no." - Paragraph 5
"Won't be no 'early 18 & 23's' coming here for me to rock..."
babies
What does the "old-twisted lip manager" of the hotel think about the people of Willow Springs?
He doesn't respect them or think that they're smart.
"Call it shrimp cocktail, or whatever he want - we can count too." -Paragraph 2
Who did Sapphira Wade marry?
"1823: married Bascombe Wade..." -Paragraph 1
What is "a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group?"
Dialect
Where EXACTLY is Willow Springs located?
On an island off the South Carolina/Georgia border
"But anyways, all forty-nine square miles curves like a bow, stretching toward Georgia on the south end and South Carolina on the north, and right smack in the middle where each foot of our bridge sits is the dividing line between them two states." -Paragraph 3
"tried to 18 & 23 him" -Paragraph 2
cheat him/rob him
Who called the people in Willow Springs un-American? Why?
Because they don't consider themselves a part of America.
"...folks out of Columbia and Atlanta come with - we was being un-American. And the way we saw it, American ain't entered the question at all when it come to our land..." -Paragraph 4
How is Mama Day related to Sapphira Wade?
Mama Day is Sapphira Wade's great-granddaughter.
"ain't Miss Abigail and Mama Day the granddaughters of that seventh boy?" -Paragraph 1
What is "visually descriptive or figurative language?"
Imagery
What is Winky Browne's occupation?
He's a fisherman.
"...offering Winky Browne only twelve dollars for his whole boatload of crawdaddies." -Paragraph 2
"'breathing 18 & 23' with mother's milk still on their tongue" - Paragraph 2
cuss words
What threat did Willow Springs face concerning their land?
Gentrification
"...they decided to leave us be - until them developers started swarming over here like sand flies at a Sunday picnic." -Paragraph 4
How is Cocoa related to Mama Day?
Cocoa is Mama Day's grandniece.
"... calling Mama, Mama Day, to wait for her to come out and beckon him near... and he hears again about the child of Grace, her grandniece... Cocoa is like her very own, Mama Day tells him..." - Paragraph 10
What is "a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something?"
Characterization
How do the people of Willow Springs deal with their issues? (Like with the bridge?)
They fix them on their own.
"So we build it ourselves when need be, and build it how we need it..." -Paragraph 3
"we had that '18 & 23 summer' and the bridge blew down" -Paragraph 2
stormy/hurricane-filled
Was Reema's boy's ethnography harmful to the island?
Yes.
"The people who ran the type of schools that could turn our children into raving lunatics- and then put his picture on the back of the book so we couldn't even deny it was him - didn't mean us a speck of good." -Paragraph 8
Who is Grace? Who is Grace's mother?
Grace is Cocoa's mother and Mama Day's daughter.
"He woulda asked right off where Miss Abigail Day was staying... she woulda probably pulled out that old photo album, so he coulda seen pictures of her grandchild, Cocoa, and then Cocoa's mama, Grace." -Paragraph 10
What is "using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind?"
Symbolism
What is the year and month in the passage?
"It's August 1999..." -Paragraph 14
"ain't that much 18 & 23 in the world." -Paragraph 2
money
Why was Reema's boy's ethnography harmful to the island?
It exposed the privacy of their land.
"Well, after that crate of books came here, if anybody had any doubt about what them developers was up to... them books squished it." -Paragraph 8
Who is George?
Cocoa's first husband.
"... Cocoa came visiting from New York with her first husband. Yes, there was a first husband - a stone city boy. How his name was George." -Paragraph 12
What is "a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words?"
Idiom --> Bonus +2 points on your Exit Ticket!