"Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird"

1. Why has the narrator lived in so many different places?

• Her grandfather works for the railroad and has to move from place to place.

• Her grandmother likes to go to new places and meet new people.

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

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2. What reason do the men give for filming the house?

• Granny is famous for her cakes.

• They are filming for the food stamp program.

• They want to show how Granddaddy kills hawks.

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

• wants to know where they are from and what they are doing.

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

• expects them to greet her and the children appropiately.

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4. Draw a conclusion about why Granny tells the story about the man on the bridge.

• She wants to show the children that she has been to the city.

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

• The children need to know why she likes to walk across bridges.

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5. Cathy and the narrator are different because Cathy

• understands more about what is happening.

• is less aware of Granny's feelings.

• does not want to comment on the events she sees.

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

• think she wants to be in the movies.

• say that her name is on a list of people given food stamps.

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

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

• Granny belives in paying attention to people not things.

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

• City folks do not use proper manners with people who live in the country.

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8. Granny and Granddaddy get the men to leave by

• asking them politely to leave.

• breaking their camera and reminding them that this is their place.

• threatening them and calling them names.

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9. After the men leave, Granny

• hums and finishes her cakes.

• decides to move again.

• thanks Granddaddy.

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10. Verisimiltude makes a story real.

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

• "Cathy pulled up her socks and giggled."

• "Granny wasn't sayin nuthin."

• "So I get into the tire to take my turn."