“Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird” by Toni Cade Bambara READ AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 1. What was Ms. Bambara’s purpose in writing this story?
2.The camera man is filming for the county food stamp program. What has he assumed of Granny and her family? What bias is this showing?
3. Why did Granny tell the children the story of the man jumping off the bridge?4. What biases were showing from Mr. Judson and Mrs. Cooper?
5. What job did Granddaddy once have?
6. What did this camera-man and reporter assume of this family?
7. The camera-man says “If more folks did that (garden), see, there’d be no need...”
a. What stereo-typing was going on here?
b. What assumptions can we make of the two men who are bothering Granny?

Read the passage from the "general prologue" to the canterbury tales and answer the question. at table she had been well taught withal, and never from her lips let morsels fall, nor dipped her fingers deep in sauce, but ate with so much care the food upon her plate that never driblet fell upon her breast. in courtesy she had delight and zest. her upper lip was always wiped so clean that in her cup was no iota seen of grease, when she had drunk her draught of wine. what can we infer is chaucer's point in including this description of the prioress? to illustrate her commendable manners. to distinguish her from less courteous pilgrims. to show her discomfort at being outside her convent. to emphasize her lack of religious priority