KEY

Now that you have read the short story, do the tasks that follow:

Visit to the dentist

 

A-    Match the following sentences with their endings below.

1-      The narrator is…

2-      She went to the doctor because…

3-      Since she was going to the dentist she had to…

4-      They went to Dr. Lincoln…

5-      Momma wanted to see Dr. Lincoln because…

6-      Dr. Lincoln didn’t want to see her because…

7-      Momma got the money to go to Texarkana because…

8-      They went to the dentist in Texarkana because…

9-      After the consultation the narrator…

10-  At home Momma and uncle Willie…

a)      … on foot.

b)     … he was black.

c)      … she was black.

d)     …she collected interests on the loan.

e)      … take a bath.

f)       … Momma’s granddaughter.

g)      … ate an ice cream.

h)     … he owed her a favour.

i)        … laughed over the situation.

j)       … she had a toothache.

                     

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B-   Order the following sentences according to the sequence of the story.

a)      Dr Lincoln didn’t even look at the girl.

b)     Marguerite had been suffering from a terrible toothache for a few days.

c)      Marguerite felt humiliated when her grandmother introduced herself to Dr Lincoln’s assistant as Annie.

d)     She had a bath and put on freshly starched and ironed underclothes since she was going to the doctor.

e)      On their way to Dr Lincoln’s office Momma spoke to all passers by but she didn’t stop to chat.

f)       When her grandmother went back into Dr Lincoln’s office, Marguerite imagined Momma as having super powers.

g)      After a long wait Dr Lincoln came and talked to Momma.

h)     Momma and Marguerite went to Texarcana to see Dr Baker.

i)        At home Marguerite told Bailey what had happened.

j)       As Marguerite flounced into the store she heard Momma telling Uncle Willie what had really happened at Dr Lincoln’s office.

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