"Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird"

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Why has the narrator lived in so many different places?

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Her grandmother gets upset with people and decides to move the family.

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What reason do the men give for filming the house?

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They are filming for the food stamp program.

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When the men with the camera first approach Granny, she makes it clear that she

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wants them to leave or her husband will remove them from her property.

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Why does Granny tell the story about the man on the bridge?

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The story makes a point about not filming and intruding on other people.

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How are Cathy and the narrator different?

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Cathy understands more about what is happening.

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The most likely reason that the men want to film Granny's house is that they

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think that because she is poor, Grammy needs food stamps.

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Why does it anger Granny when people bring her family used clothing or comment about her clean house?

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Such actions indicate that people have certain ideas about those who are poor.

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How do Granny and Granddaddy get the men to leave?

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Breaking their camera and reminding them that this is their place.

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What does Granny do after the men leave?

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hums and finishes her cakes.

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What sentence is an example of the narrator's dialect?

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"Granny wasn't sayin nuthin."