Thank You, Ma'am (by Langston Hughes)

1) Which image or picture in Hughes's story stands out most clearly in your mind?

2) Do you think Roger has stolen before? Go back to the story to see if the writer suggests why Roger has gone wrong. Write down the lines that hint at any possible explanations.

3)Why do you think Mrs. Jones tells Roger that she too has done things she is not proud of?

4) How does Mrs. Jones's setting- her furnished room, the screen with a gas plate and icebox behind it, the ten-cent cake, the noisy tenement- contribute to your sense of the kind of person she is?