8. Comprehension: The South (p89-94)

Who is the author of The Warmth of Other Suns?

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Isabel Wilkerson

• Tom Williams

Who are the THREE main characters in The Warmth of Other Suns?

• George, Paul, John

• Ida Mae, George Starling, Robert Foster

• Peter, Paul, Mary

• Jayla, Myckia, Khalif

Our book is meant to be the complete story of The Great Migration. What is The Great Migration?

• Birds moving from one place to another.

• The downward trend of jobs and investments

• The increased amount of non-citizens moving to the United States.

• The exodus of almost six million people from 1915 to 1970 that changed the face of America.

When folks from the North arrived around Easter and Independence Day, how did the Southerns know they had been successful in the North?

• They flashed thick rolls of cash from their pockets--the biggest bills on the outside covering the ones and fives.

• They had more children than when they left.

• They spoke differently-- different vernacular, pronunciations, vocabulary.

• They no longer cared about the communities in the South.

How did people from the South treat those returning from the North?

• They were shunned as being too bougie.

• They were looked down upon and pitied for their mistakes.

• They were treated like royalty from another country.

• They were asked to educated the children of the South.

How were Ida Mae, George, and Robert influenced by those returning from the North?

• They were discouraged because of their own position in the caste system.

• They were annoyed and frustrated by their success.

• They were inspired to move to France or Germany.

• They were able to imagined a world outside of the constraints and social imprisonment and how it could change a person for the better.

What is the connection the author makes to the stories of Ida Mae, George and Robert?

• She used the anecdote about her mother's older brother's experiences in Rome, Georgia where he found his boss's KKK robe.

• She has no personal connection to The Warmth of Other Suns.

• She, herself, is part of the movement from the South to the North.

• She talks about her own travels through the areas in the South that are mentioned in the book.

Robert Pershing, inspired by movies, dreamed of living where?

• Detroit, MI

• Beyond Louisiana, in Los Angeles

• Eutis, FL

• Chicago, IL

George Starling, inspired by those returning from the North, imagined visiting where?

• The cotton fields of Mississippi

• Ontario, Canada

• Dancehalls in Harlem, NYC

• Cleveland, OH

Ida Mae, inspired by the Sears, Roebuck catalog, aspired to live where?

• Peoria, IL

• Chicago, IL.

• New York City, NY

• She was not inspired at all.