1. the text says: “‘it was half the stevenses’ calf by rights,’ she said, trying to diminish for both of them the enormity of what she had done” (43). what do diminish and enormity mean? how do context clues you figure that out? what does this sentence us to infer about how they are feeling?

In the reading, i know why the caged bird sings, marguerite views mrs. flowers as a larger than life personality. which quote from the text most strongly supports how marguerite views mrs. flowers? question 18 options: a) “i’ll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled.” b) “you see, i had planned to invite you for cookies and lemonade so we could have this little chat.” c) “there was a little path beside the rocky road, and mrs. flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones.” d) “somehow i had never connected mrs. flowers with food or eating or any other common experience of common people.”