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44 When they were finished eating she got up and said, “Now, here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes. And next time, do not make the mistake of latching onto my pocketbook nor nobody else’s—because shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet. I got to get my rest now. But I wish you would behave yourself, son, from here on in.”
45 She led him down the hall to the front door and opened it. “Goodnight! Behave yourself, boy!” she said, looking out into the street.
46 The boy wanted to say something else other than “Thank you, ma’am to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but he couldn’t do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door. He barely managed to say “Thank you” before she shut the door. And he never saw her again.
Second Read
• Reread the short story to answer these text-dependent comprehension questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
1. Key Ideas and Details: On page 50, how do the details of setting and character set up the conflict of this story?
2. Key Ideas and Details: How does Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones’s comment in paragraph 13, “I got a great mind to wash your face for you” define how she treats Roger? Find other textual evidence based on things Mrs. Jones says to support your answer.
3. Craft and Structure: In paragraph 25, Mrs. Jones finally turns Roger loose: “Roger looked at the door—looked at the woman—looked at the door—and went to the sink.” Why did the author choose to italicize this part of the text?
4. Craft and Structure: In paragraph 44, Mrs. Jones states, “Shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet.” State in your own words what Mrs. Jones meant.
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