I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Chapter 1: Questions and Answers

Study Questions
1. What town is the setting for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

2. How old was the narrator when she arrived by train?

3. What are the names of the two children in the chapter?

4. Why were they going to Arkansas?

5. What was the name and relation of the woman who would care for them?

6. How did the cotton-pickers described by Marguerite differ from the cotton-pickers depicted in movies and other media?

7. How did Uncle Willie make his living?

8. What was the name of the Store in Chapter 1?

9. Why...


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