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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou

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Fill in a little information about each chapter. I’ve given you some key word head starts.

1	Arrival in Stamps…Cotton pickers at the Store

2	Uncle Willie, crippled

3	Uncle Willie and the Klan

4	Mr. McElroy…Bailey…whitefolks

5	White girls

6	Reverend Thomas…Sister Monroe…false teeth

7	Momma’s husband…“Mrs. Henderson”

8	Depression…Christmas presents from Mother

9	Father visits…to Mother’s in St. Louis

10	Life in St. Louis…move to Mother’s…Mother’s brothers

11	First sexual encounter with Mr. Freeman…Horatio Alger stories

12	Raped…sick in bed

13	Confession to Bailey…trial…the lie…mute

14	Return to Stamps

15	Mrs. Flowers…“by the way”

16	Learning to serve at Mrs. Cullinan’s…“Mary”

17	Bailey is late coming home…Kay Francis in the movies

18	The tent revival meeting…charity

19

Joe Louis

20	Summer picnic…Louise Kendricks…Valentine

And now, continue with the next chapters on separate paper…

21. Bailey’s girlfriend Joyce

22. Death of Mrs. Taylor…funeral…ghost story

23. Graduation…Mr. Donleavy’s speech…Henry’s song

24. Toothache…Dentist Lincoln…Dentist Baker

25. To California…body from the pond… preparations…the train

26. Los Angeles…Oakland…Mother…shoots her partner

27. San Francisco in wartime

28. High School…Miss Kirwin…drama & dance classes

29. Daddy Clidell’s friends…con men…Tulsa land scam

30. Visit to Father…a Mexican adventure

31. Fight with Dolores…running away

32. Life in the junkyard…back to San Francisco

33. Bailey leaves home

34. Streetcar conductor…truancy…growing up

35. Am I a lesbian?...sex with a boy…pregnant

36. Pregnancy in secret…graduation from H.S…the baby

The End