Thank You Ma’am SAQ
Thank You Ma’am – A Short-story
Langston Hughes [1902-1967]
SAQ – 1 /2 Marks
1. Describe Mrs Jones.
👉Mrs Jones was a large woman with a large motherly heart who worked in a hotel-beauty shop.
2. *What did the purse of Mrs Washington Jones contain?
👉The large purse of Mrs Washington Jones contained everything but hammer and nails.
3. *When and where did Roger and Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones meet? [WBCHSE H.S. 2019]
👉Roger and Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones met on the sidewalk at about eleven o’clock at night.
4. How was Mrs Jones carrying her large purse while returning from work?
👉While returning from work, Mrs Jones was carrying her large purse slung across her shoulder.
5. What happened to Mrs Jones when she was returning home at night?
👉When Mrs Jones was returning home at night, a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse.
6. *What happened when Roger tried to snatch the purse of Mrs Jones?
👉When Roger tried to snatch the purse of Mrs Jones, loosing his balance, he fell on his back on the sidewalk.
7. *Where did Roger fall on loosing his balance? [WBCHSE H.S. 2016]
👉Loosing his balance, Roger fell on his back on the sidewalk.
8. What did Mrs Jones do with the boy immediately after he attempted to snatch her purse?
👉After the boy attempted to snatch the purse of Mrs Jones, she simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter.
9. *What did Mrs Luella Jones ask the boy to pick up? [WBCHSE H.S. 2018]
👉Mrs Luella Jones asked the boy to pick up her purse.
10. *“And your face is dirty.” When did the speaker say so?
👉The speaker of the above mentioned line, Mrs Jones told this to the boy when he whispered to express his sorrow for trying to snatch her purse.
11. “I got a great mind to…..” Who is the speaker here? What did she think of doing?
👉Mrs Jones is the speaker of the above mentioned line.
She thought of washing the dirty face of the boy.
12. *According to Mrs Jones, how old was the boy? [WBCHSE H.S. 2017]
👉According to Mrs Jones, the boy was fourteen or fifteen years old.
13. *What shoes and jeans was Roger wearing? [WBCHSE H.S. 2019]
👉Roger was wearing a blue-jeaned sitter and a pair of tennis shoes.
14. *What would have Mrs Jones taught Roger if he had been her son?
👉If Roger had been a son of Mrs Jones, she would teach him right from wrong.
15. *What was the full name of Mrs Jones? [WBCHSE H.S. 2017]
👉The full name of Mrs Jones was Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones.
Related Question
*What is the full name of Mrs Jones? [WBCHSE H.S. 2023]
👉The full name of Mrs Jones is Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones.
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16. *What did Mrs Jones do when Roger struggled to escape from her?
👉When Roger struggled to escape from Mrs Jones, she stopped, jerked him around in front of her, put a half-nelson about his neck, and continued to drag him up the street.
17. *Where did Luella take the boy in ‘Thank You Ma’am’? [WBCHSE Sample Question]
👉In ‘Thank You Ma’am’ Luella took the boy to her room to clean him up and cook him for a meal.
18. *How could the boy make out that he and Mrs Jones were not alone in the large house?
👉When the boy could hear other roomers laughing and talking in the large house, he could make out that he and Mrs Jones were not alone in the large house.
19. *What was the name of the boy who tried to snatch the bag? [WBCHSE Sample Question]
👉The name of the boy who tried to snatch the bag was Roger.
20. *Where did Mrs Luella Bates turn the boy loose? [WBCHSE Sample Question]
👉Mrs Luella Bates turned the boy loose in the middle of her room.
21. “Roger looked at the door–looked at the woman–looked at the woman–and went to the sink.” Why did Roger go to the sink ultimately?
👉Roger went to the sink ultimately to wash his face because he did not want to be mistrusted from then.
22. *Where did Roger wash his face?
👉Roger washed his face in the sink of Mrs Jones’s room.
23. *What did Roger fear the most?
👉Roger feared of going to jail the most.
24. “You gonna take me to jail?” What do you mean by ‘gonna’?
👉The informal word ‘gonna’ is used for the contraction of ‘going to’.
25. What did the boy inform about his family?
👉The boy informed that there was nobody home at his house.
26. *”Then we’ll eat” Who are ‘we’?
👉Here ‘we’ are Mrs Jones and Roger.
27. *Why did Roger want to snatch the large purse of Mrs Jones? [WBCHSE H.S. 2015]
👉Roger wanted to snatch the large purse of Mrs Jones because he wanted to buy a pair of blue suede shoes.
Related Question
*Why did the boy try to snatch the pocketbook? [WBCHSE Sample Question]
👉The boy tried to snatch the pocketbook because he wanted to buy a pair of blue suede shoes.
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28. “If he didn’t already know.” Who is referred to here as ‘he’?
👉Here ‘he’ refers to God.
29. What did Mrs Jones tell the boy to do to look presentable?
👉Mrs Jones told the boy to run the comb through his hair to look presentable.
30. *What were there behind the screen in Mrs Jones’s room? [WBCHSE H.S. 2015]
👉In another corner in Mrs Jones’s room behind the screen there were a gas plate and an icebox.
31. *What did Mrs Jones avoid asking Roger?
👉Mrs Jones avoided asking Roger anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarrass him.
32. *How did Mrs Jones use the canned milk?
👉Mrs Jones used the canned milk for making cocoa for her and Roger.
33. What food items did Mrs Jones prepare for their supper?
👉Mrs Jones heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa out of canned milk and set the table.
Related Question
What did Mrs Jones and Roger have in their supper?
👉Mrs Jones and Roger had some heated lima beans and ham and cocoa in their supper.
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34. *Where did Mrs Jones work? [WBCHSE H.S. 2016, 2023]
👉Mrs Jones worked in a hotel-beauty shop that stayed open late.
35. What kind of woman came in the hotel-beauty shop?
👉All kinds of women came in and out in the hotel-beauty shop, blondes, red-heads, and Spanish.
36. *What was the price of the cake the boy was given a part of in ‘Thank You Ma’am’? [WBCHSE Sample Question]
👉The price of the cake the boy was given a part of in ‘Thank You Ma’am’ was ten-cent.
37. “Eat some more, son,” Who is referred to as ‘son’? What was offered to him to eat?
👉Here Roger is referred to as ‘son’ by Mrs Jones.
At the end of supper Mrs Jones offered Roger half of her ten-cent cake to eat
38. *Why did Mrs Luella give the boy ten dollars? [WBCHSE Sample Question]
👉Mrs Luella gave the boy ten dollars to buy himself some pair of blue suede shoes.
39. *What did Mrs Jones give Roger at the end of the dinner?
👉At the end of the dinner Mrs Jones gave ten dollars to Roger.
40. “Shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet.” What does it mean?
👉It means that something come by illegally will not be fruitful to one.
41. *What lesson of his life did Roger learn at the end of the story from Mrs Jones? [WBCHSE H.S. 2020]
👉At the end of the story Roger learnt a lesson of behaving himself from Mrs Jones.
Related Question
*What advice did Mrs Jones to Roger at the end of the story? [WBCHSE H.S. 2018]
👉At the end of the story Mrs Jones advised Roger to behave himself.
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42. *What could the boy say at the end?
👉At the end of the story the boy could barely manage to say ‘thank you’.
43. *Why did Mrs Jones call the boy a liar? [WBCHSE H.S. 2020]
👉Mrs Jones called the boy a liar because though he tried to snatch the purse of Mrs Jones, he lied to her by saying that he had not aimed to it.
44. *At what time was Mrs Jones returning home from work? [WBCHSE H.S. 2024]
👉Mrs Jones was returning home from work at about eleven o’clock at night.
45. *What did Mrs Jones plan to prepare from the canned milk? [WBCHSE H.S. 2024]
👉Mrs Jones planned to prepare cocoa from the canned milk.
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