After you, my dear Alphonse

1) What is Mrs. Wilson baking? (find a picture and copy/paste it into your text)
- She bakes gingerbread.

2) What game were the boys playing?
- They are playing Tanks. They were playing Alphonse and Gastone.

3) Describe Boyd's family.
- A mom, who doesn’t work, but just take care of the children, a dad, who is a foreman at a factory and a big sister, who wants to be a teacher.

4) What does Mrs. Wilson assume about Boyd and his family?
- That they are very poor, and don’t own any thing.

5) Why does Mrs. Wilson offer Boyd clothing? And what does Mrs. Wilson do when Boyd rejects her offer.
- Because she thinks they are poor, and that they could need her help. And she gets disappointed, when she found out that they don’t need it.

6) Find examples (there is more than one) in the text where Mrs. Wilson is prejudiced towards Boyd.
- “How do you do Boyd? You shouldn’t let Johnny make you carry all the wood.”
  “Well, don’t you let Johnny stop you. He always fusses about eating, so you just see that you get a good lunch. There’s plenty of food here for you to have all you want.”
  “Doesn’t eat tomatoes, Johnny. And just because you don’t like them, don’t say that about Boyd. Boyd will eat anything.

7) Mrs. Wilson tells Boyd, "I'm just disappointed in you." Evaluate the cause of Mrs. Wilson's disappointment.
- She doesn’t understand that he won’t eat, and take the clothes. She is disappointed because they won’t accept her help!

8) Do you find Mrs. Wilson a racist?
- No, it’s called PREJUDICE!