In "Thank You, Ma’am," Mrs. Jones gives Roger several chances to change his actions. Which theme is most likely suggested by this detail?
Read this excerpt from the story "Thank You, Ma'am.”The boy wanted to say something else other than "Thank you, ma’am" to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but he couldn’t do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door. He barely managed to say "Thank you" before she shut the door. And he never saw her again.What theme is suggested by this excerpt?
What is the most important lesson Roger learns in "Thank You, Ma’am"?
Read this excerpt from "Thank You, Ma'am.”The woman said, "Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn’t snatch people’s pocketbooks. Well, I wasn’t going to say that." Pause. Silence. "I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son—neither tell God, if he didn’t already know. So you set down while I fix us something to eat. You might run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable." Which statement best describes the characters in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from "Thank You, Ma'am.”She heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set the table. The woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarrass him.This excerpt is from which part of the story?
Who is the antagonist in "Thank You, Ma'am,” and why?
Read this excerpt from the story "Thank You, Ma'am.”The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse which she left behind her on the day-bed. But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room where he thought she could easily see him out of the corner of her eye, if she wanted to. He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now.What theme is suggested by this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from "Thank You, Ma'am.”But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room where he thought she could easily see him out of the corner of her eye, if she wanted to. He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now.This excerpt is from which part of the story?
What makes Roger the antagonist in "Thank You, Ma’am"?
Who is the antagonist in "Thank You, Ma’am," and why?
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