I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Chapter 15: Questions and Answers

Study Questions
1. Who was the person who helped Marguerite stop “sopping around the house . . . like an old biscuit”?

2. Why did Mrs. Flowers appeal to Marguerite?

3. Why was it fortunate that Marguerite never saw Mrs. Flowers in the company of powhitefolks?

4. Why was Marguerite—not Bailey—sent home with Mrs. Flowers?

5. What was the reason that a child would go home from the Store with Mrs. Flowers?

6. Why did Mrs. Henderson make Marguerite take off her dress in front of Mrs. Flowers?

7. Why did Marguerite not protest...


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