Mother Fletcher's Gift

What did the precinct motto 'eight and straight' mean?

• stay at home for eight hours and go straight to work

• work eight hours and go straight home

• drink eight cups of coffee and go straight to the crime scene

• work for eight days straight with no break

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What can we learn about Mother Fletcher from the appearance of her apartment?

• She liked to keep everything neat, clean, and organized.

• She had a lot of things, but she was poor, so she must have been a criminal.

• We can learn how old she is from the appearance of her apartment.

• We know that she is not trustworthy from the appearance of her apartment.

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Police officers in Harlem try to keep their work and home separate. What did O'Brien do that supports this statement best?

• He helped her to call an ambulance when she was sick instead of taking her to the hospital himself.

• He told his daughter, Meaghan, that they would send her a Christmas present.

• He didn't wear the green cardigan that she knitted for him.

• He didn't want to go eat Christmas dinner at Mother Fletcher's apartment.

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Why did O'Brien keep asking Mother Fletcher questions about events that had happened in the past?

• He was trying to find out her age.

• He was helping her to study for her history midterm test.

• He wanted her opinion about events that had happened through history.

• He was making sure that she wasn't losing her memory in her old age.

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Did Mother Fletcher think that O'Brien and his family would come to Christmas dinner at her home?

• No, she didn't think they would come. She was just asking him to be polite because he had helped her.

• Yes, she definitely thought they would come because O'Brien said he would come, and she thought he was an honest man.

• She thought they might come, so she set the table and prepared a big meal.

• No, she didn't think they would come, so she went to a relative's house for Christmas dinner.

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What lesson does the reader learn from this story?

• Harlem is a poor place with high crime rates that should be avoided at all times.

• Just because someone is poor, doesn't mean that they are a criminal that can't be trusted.

• Police officers in Harlem work hard but they don't like spending their free time in the neighborhood.

• You shouldn't judge people by where they live. Kind people can live in poor neighborhoods.

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Why did O'Brien drive his family through the worst streets of Harlem to get to Mother Fletcher's place?

• He wanted them to see how bad Harlem was and to get them to change their mind about spending Christmas Day there.

• He got lost along the way and drove along them by accident.

• He was making sure that there was no crime happening on those streets, if there was, he'd take care of it.

• He was trying to waste time by driving the long way to Mother Fletcher's place, that way they would have to spend less time with her.

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Why did Kathy get upset with O'Brien when he told her that Mother Fletcher had invited them for Christmas dinner?

• She was upset because he told Mother Fletcher they would go, but he didn't plan to really go.

• Kathy was upset because he told Mother Fletcher they would go, and she didn't want to go.

• She was upset because she was worried that they would get robbed if they went to Harlem on Christmas Day.

• She was upset as she had already finished her Christmas shopping, but now she would need to buy another gift for Mother Fletcher.

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Why did O'Brien have to put money in the precinct fund?

• It was almost Christmas time, so all the officers had to put some money towards the precinct Christmas party.

• Mother Fletcher had made him a sweater. Receiving gifts was seen as 'taking graft', which was not allowed. He had to put money in the fund to make up for it.

• He was a generous guy who liked to donate money for charity, especially if it helped people poorer than himself.

• The precinct fund helped people in Harlem to get taxis. He didn't want to have to call an ambulance for Mother Fletcher again.

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What is the setting of Mother Fletcher's Gift?

• Harlem, USA, about 100 years ago

• Queens, New York, about 10 years ago

• New York in the recent past

• Harlem and The Bronx in the recent past