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David Mamet, The Rake: A Few Scenes from My Childhood

David Mamet, The Rake: A Few Scenes from My Childhood

Read The Rake: A Few Scenes from My Childhood and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. In the minds of David and his sister, the table was associated with what?

serious discussions

holiday meals

blood

their parents

2. What was part of the “new, utopian way” at Mamet’s school?

the elimination of actual classrooms

an absence of security

morning share sessions

student monitoring of other students

3. What did Mamet’s mother do when his sister refused to finish her dinner the night of the school play?

she called the school and told the director that her daughter would not be performing.

she beat her.

she realized the girl was just nervous and excused her from the table.

she physically forced her to eat the food.

4. What was the fiction in Mamet’s mother’s family when she was growing up?

that children could do no wrong

that Mamet’s mother’s parents loved each other deeply

that Mamet’s mother was a naughty child

that Mamet’s “stepfather” was married to her mother

5. Why did Mamet’s sister not tell the truth about the rake incident?

It was her fault, and she didn’t want to admit it.

She was afraid that she would have to go to the doctor.

She didn’t want her brother to be punished.

The children were not supposed to be playing with the rake.