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Mama Day
by
Gloria Naylor
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Summary
Chapter Summaries
Summary and Analysis: Prologue and Part I , pp. 3-66
Summary and Analysis: Part I, pp. 66-165
Summary and Analysis: Part II, pp. 166-242
Summary and Analysis: Part II and Conclusion, pp. 242-312
Questions & Answers
Themes
Characters
Critical Essays
Critical Context (Masterplots II: African American Literature)
Critical Context (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series)
Mama Day
Critical Overview
Essays and Criticism
Analysis
Short-Answer Quizzes
Questions and Answers: Prologue and Part I, pp. 3-66
Questions and Answers: Part I, pp. 66-165
Questions and Answers: Part II, pp. 166-242
Questions and Answers: Part II and Conclusion, pp. 242-312
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Mama Day Questions and Answers
What is the significant about the date 1823 in Mama Day? What role does it play in the legend of Sapphira Wade? And how has it crept into the popular speech of present day Willow Springs?
In Gloria Naylor's Mama Day, what is "candle walk?"
In Mama Day, why does Cocoa seem so wary of men and so cynical about people in general? What terms does she use to describe other African Americans, whites, Asians, and Jews? What is George's later comment about this habit?
How do Mama Day and Abigail greet each other? What is the origin of this custom?
How does George end up beating Dr. Buzzard at poke and what is Dr. Buzzard's response?
What is the contrast between Cocoa and George?
How have the Day women been unlucky in Mama Day by Gloria Naylor?
In Mama Day, how does gender play a role as a significant theme in this novel? More specifically, the role of women in power vs. George's quest to understand woman.
What events are foreshadowed in Mama Day?
What is the significance of hands in Mama Day By Gloria Naylor?
On what pretext does Ruby lure Cocoa to her house in Mama Day? What does she do to her there?
What are some themes in Mama Day besides the supernatural?
In Mama Day, what is the relationship between the three prefatory documents (bill of sale, map, and family tree) and the narrative proper?
What is the general idea of the novel "Mama Day"?
What is the importance of circles in Mama Day?
Who is Mama Day?