Miss Ida's Porch Review

def: "off-limits"

Uncle Henry was a magnificent ____.

def: "a way of acting, thinking, or feeling"

Where did Daddy go for the concert?

What is the narrator's daddy's real name?

def: "a part of an area"

Is the narrator a boy or a girl?

def: "oustanding; excellent"

Why does Sylvia think that she's "something special"?

def: "a musical performance"

Who walked each other home at the end?

"You can know where you're going in this world only if you know where you've been." -___ ??

In 1965, where did Marian Anderson have her last concert?

def: "to declare one’s own"

Where did J.S./Daddy tell his story?

Where did Uncle Henry live?

from Miss Ida's Porch is written by...

def: "best; most excellent"

def: "fascinated; filled with delight or wonder"

Was Uncle Henry at the Lincoln Memorial at the same time as Shoo Kate?

T or F: Abraham Lincoln was known as the Great Emancipator.

Shoo Kate saw Ms. Anderson's concert where?

Where was Shoo Kate telling her story?

In 1922, was the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial. Who was there?

def: "an advanced human society: agriculture, trade, government, art & science are developed"

Why did the family like Uncle Henry?

def: "a streetcar that runs on tracks and gets it power from an electric wire overhead"

What is the narrator's sister's name?

T or F: Uncle Henry thought that the knowledge of the history of black folks was important.

What genre is Miss Ida's Porch?

Realistic Fiction contains...