Chapters 34-36 Study Questions
1. What job did Marguerite want to get, and was she successful?
2. How does Maya Angelou describe the change in her when the spring classes began?
3. According to the author, what forces assault the young black female?
4. According to the author, why does the adult American Negro female emerge as such a formidable character?
5. What new problem did Marguerite face as a result of reading The Well of Loneliness?
6. How did Mother respond to Marguerite's questions about her body?
7. What was Marguerite's solution to her still-present concern over her sexual preferences?
8. What happened to Marguerite as a result of her seduction of the good-looking young man?
9. How did her parents react to her news?
10. Explain Vivian Baxter's statement: "See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking."
2. How does Maya Angelou describe the change in her when the spring classes began?
3. According to the author, what forces assault the young black female?
4. According to the author, why does the adult American Negro female emerge as such a formidable character?
5. What new problem did Marguerite face as a result of reading The Well of Loneliness?
6. How did Mother respond to Marguerite's questions about her body?
7. What was Marguerite's solution to her still-present concern over her sexual preferences?
8. What happened to Marguerite as a result of her seduction of the good-looking young man?
9. How did her parents react to her news?
10. Explain Vivian Baxter's statement: "See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking."