Thank You Ma'am

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Readers can infer that Mrs. Jones....

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is able to forgive Roger.

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To show that she does not expect Roger to rob her again, Mrs. Jones....

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turns her back on him while she cooks.

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By the end of the story, you know that Roger ....

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is a quiet, honest boy at heart.

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When I get through with you, sir, you are going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones," Mrs. Jones says. From this announcement you can see that Mrs. Jones...

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has a powerful personality.

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After Mrs. Jones brings Roger home, she disciplines him as if he were her own child.

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disciplines him as if he were her own child.

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At the beginning of the story, which is the most important symbol Langston Hughes presents? Options: Luella's purse, NYC, Blue suede shoes, Luella's hat

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Luella's purse

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What does Luella's large purse represent symbolically?

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She has a lot of personal baggage

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When Roger looks from the open door to Mrs. Jones and back to the open door, you can infer that he is

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wondering if he should try to escape.

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What does Mrs. Jones admit to Roger?

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Her own adolescence contained its share of mistakes.

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What does barren mean?

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empty