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Langston Hughes, Thank You, M’am

Langston Hughes, Thank You, M’am

Read Thank You, M’am and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. What does Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones do after Roger tries to steal her purse?

She kicks him in the pant seat and then drags him by the shirt-front to jail.

She takes him to the store to buy him some food.

She lets him take her purse and run free.

She drags him to her house and makes him wash his face.

2. Why did Roger try to steal Mrs. Jones’s purse?

He wanted to buy some blue suede shoes.

He wanted to buy some cigarettes to experiment.

He wanted to buy a milk chocolate bar for his sister.

He needed to buy American cheese and bread for his family.

3. Which character says the following: “I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son—neither tell God, if he didn’t already know”?

Mrs. Jones

Mr. Jones

Roger

Roger’s mother, Ella

4. What does Mrs. Jones give to Roger as he is leaving?

Nothing. She pulls his ear and sends him on his way.

money to buy shoes

a large piece of 10-cent cake to give to his siblings

a bag of clothes that belonged to her late husband

5. What does Roger say as he leaves Mrs. Jones?

“Thank you, m’am for changing my life.”

“Thank you.”

“Mrs. Jones, you the best lady I ever met.”

“I’m very sorry, lady, I’m sorry.”