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Susan Straight, Mines

Susan Straight, Mines

Read Mines and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. What does Clarette’s friend Tika think would be hard about her job at the Youth Authority?

seeing young African American men imprisoned

not having enough time to spend with her kids

worrying about getting hurt

being the only woman on the job

2. Why does Clarette get upset when Ray takes their son to get his head shaved?

It makes him look too much like Ray.

It makes her think of when he was a baby.

It reminds her of the wards at the YA.

It will get him into trouble at school.

3. What does Clarette’s grandmother compare with the Youth Authority?

going into the army

being unemployed

staying at a resort

playing football

4. How does the stress of Clarette’s work and home life affect her?

She has headaches.

She gets impatient with her children.

She imagines running away.

She falls asleep on the job.

5. What happens when Clarette tries to break up the fight between two wards?

Her hair gets pulled out.

Her nose is broken.

Her nephew steps in to defend her.

Fred tells her to let them fight.