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1. What is the tone or mood of The Flowers by Alice Walker? What parts of the text reveal this
tone?
2. What is the tone or mood of The Green Book introduction? What parts of the text reveal this
tone?
3. What is an important difference between these two texts?
4. What is an important similarity between these two texts?
5. What surprised you most about reading The Flowers? Why was this a surprise?
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6. What surprised you most about reading the introduction to The Green Book? Why was this a
surprise?
7. Write an implied message about race in America that you discovered in The Flowers.
8. Write an implied message about race in America that you discovered in The Green Book.
9. Synthesize a general message or theme regarding race in America that's supported by both
texts.