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What is revealed through the characters' effect on each other? How does Richard react to Helene and the teacher's actions? (Post quotes from the story - not answers to the questions.)

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What is revealed through the characters' effect on each other? How does Richard react to Helene and the teacher's actions? (Post quotes from the story - not answers to the questions.)

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What does Richard and the teacher do? How do they behave? (Post quotes from the story - not answers to the questions.)

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What does Richard and the teacher do? How do they behave? (Post quotes from the story - not answers to the questions.)

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What are some of Richard and the teacher's thoughts? What are they feeling? (Post quotes from the story - not answers to the questions.)

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What are some of Richard and the teacher's thoughts? What are they feeling? (Post quotes from the story - not answers to the questions.)

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What does Richard/the teacher say? How do they speak? (Post quotes from the story - not answers to the questions.)

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What does Richard/the teacher say? How do they speak? (Post quotes from the story - not answers to the questions.)

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What do Richard, Helene, and the teacher look like? How are they described as appearing? (Post quotes from the story - not answers to the questions.) 

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What do Richard, Helene, and the teacher look like? How are they described as appearing? (Post quotes from the story - not answers to the questions.) 

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And I always thought the teacher kind of liked me. She always picked me to wash the blackboard on Friday, after school. That was a big thrill; it made me feel important.

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​"I got it right now, I got it right now, my Daddy gave it to me to turn in today, my daddy said. .."

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She was always clean and she was smart in school. I think I went to school then mostly to look at her. I brushed my hair and even got me a little old handkerchief. It was a lady's handkerchief, but I didn't want Helene to see me wipe my nose on my hand.

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"We know you don't have a daddy."

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If your daddy can give fifteen dollars you have no business being on relief.

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"And furthermore," she said, looking right at me, her nostrils getting big and her lips getting thin and her eyes opening wide, "We know you don't have a daddy."
​Helene Tucker turned around, her eyes full of tears. She felt sorry for me. Then I couldn't see her too well because I was crying, too.

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I was in love with a little girl named Helene Tucker, a light-complexioned little girl with pigtails and nice manners.

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It was a nice warm mackinaw and it had a hood, and my momma beat me and called me a little rat when she found out I stuffed it in the bottom of a pail full of garbage way over on Cottage Street.

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I'd rub my tennis sneakers on the back of my pants and wish my hair wasn't so nappy and the white folks' shirt fit me better.

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I stood up and raised my hand. "What is it now?" "You forgot me?" She turned toward the blackboard. "I don't have time to be playing with you, Richard."

​"My daddy said he'd..." "Sit down, Richard, you're disturbing the class." "My daddy said he'd give...fifteen dollars."

​She turned around and looked mad. "We are collecting this money for you and your kind, Richard Gregory. If your daddy can give fifteen dollars you have no business being on relief."

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​Helene Tucker turned around, her eyes full of tears. She felt sorry for me.