1. Her mother is somewhat bitter about her past relationships and now only cares about supporting her and her siblings.
2. Her mom is know dating a rich white man
3. Her brother Tony is in college and works as a roofer
4. She was very helpful, and did not want to see her mother suffer
5. Her mother changed, she had become a "lady"
Four Questions
1. Why didn't her mother listen to her?
2. How did her brother get this job as a roofer ?
3. What college does Tony go to?
4. Why didn't her mom try to go with her proposition?
Three Words
1. Roofer: a person who makes or repairs roofs
2. snatchers: to make a sudden effort to seize something; as with a hand, grab
3. clashes: to come together or collide
Two Literary Terms
1. Allusion "I told her about a beautiful woman in history named Sally Hemings whom I had once read a book about" (p.48).
2. Simile "It was as though body snatchers had somehow invaded her body and turned her heart cold"
One Sentence Summary
1. Life had treated her mother harshly, so the only solution her mom saw was to date white men with money.
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