Describe his job-hunting experience after law school.

According to Walker, why did African Americans once have to leave the South?

When Ackerman takes her first flying lesson, what does she discover?

How do the "powhitetrash" children behave in the Store?

Identify the time and setting of Walker's speech. What is the significance of the location?

Explain Ackerman's title.

Summarize one anecdotie that shows how Krents doesn't want to be treated.

Draw a picture of Jacobs's hiding place as you see it. Show its dimensions. Where is it?

In the first three paragraphs, what facts do we learn about Jemez Pueblo?

List all the things you know about the setting of this incident.

Although heroism is never easy to define, few Americans would deny that King is an authentic hero. In literature, heroes are often portrayed as deliverers of their people. How does King qualify as a deliverer? What other people in history do you think of as deliverers?

The media is often criticized for intruding on people's private lives or making news out of people's suffering. What do you think of these criticisms? Do you think journalists like Quindlen perform a public service by writing articles like this one, or do you think people like Ann should be left alone? Share your opinions with other readers.

Does anything Walker says here about her family and their dreams remind you of your own family and friends and their hopes for the future?

The speaker of Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem "Sympathy" (see Connections on page 362) says he knows why the caged bird sings at springtime, when nature is blooming and other birds fly freely. Why do you think Angelou chose Dunbar's image as the title of her life story? Look back at the chart you made comparing these two texts. What other similarities and differences did you discover between the poem about the caged bird and Angelou's story about her dignified grandmother?