ENG-102 READING QUIZ

ENG 102: English Composition II

Mrs. Saitta-Ringger Name:__________________

Quiz: Jamaica Kincaid and Toni Morrison

“Girl,” by Jamaica Kincaid

1. The narrative consists of a series of commands/directions. What can the reader assume about the source and recipient of these commands?

2. Is it likely that these commands were all given at once? Why, or why not?

3. What attitude does the speaker of these directions have towards the narrator?

4. What is the intent of most of the advice?

5. What repeated line seems like a personal attack of the narrator?

“Recitatif,” by Toni Morrison

6. What opening explanation does the narrator give of why she and Roberta were both placed in the shelter?

7. How are Twyla and Roberta different from the other girls at St. Bonny’s?

8. Who is Maggie, and what handicap does she have? What once happened to her at St. Bonny’s?

9. Explain the circumstances of the most hostile encounter between Twyla and Roberta.

10. In their final meeting, what view of the Maggie incident do Twyla and Roberta realize they both share? What is the reason for their similar perspectives?

Extra credit: What conflict does each daughter have as a result of her relationship with her mother?