Eraser Tattoo

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Who was moving in the story?

Back

Shay

Front

In a ______________ neighborhood, wealthy people buy up the homes where working class renters live

Back

gentrifying

Front

What does the word “replacement” suggest in the context: Shay’s father leaves in a moving truck with their belongings. Moments later, another truck [pulls] up to the same spot — a replacement?

Back

the new resident

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What does the line "Shay and Dante sit on the stoop for a while, watching cars pull out and new cars pull in. Witnessing the neighborhood rearrange itself" indicate about the experience that Shay and her family are going through?

Back

it's the gentrification line

Front

What does this apartment mean to Shay and her family?

Back

They love it because of the memories there.

Front

How does the description of the eraser tattoo relate to what is happening in the neighborhood?

Back

White people are moving in and Black people are leaving.

Front

How does the casual language Dante and Shay use when they speak to each other affect the way readers perceive them?

Back

It makes them seem real and relatable.

Front

What does Shay’s insistence on the eraser tattoo reveal about her perspective on the future?

Back

Shay believes that Dante will forget her as soon as she is gone.

Front

What belief about the gentrification of traditionally Black neighborhoods does the author express through the depiction of the white couple in this story?

Back

Gentrifiers are indifferent to the suffering they cause for the people they displace.

Front

What message about love is expressed in this story?

Back

Love is hard.