1. Chapter 10 begins with the allusion
of the folktale, Hansel and Gretel. What can we predict will happen based on
this allusion?
2. Where is Milkman at the start of this
chapter?
3. At what point does Morrison revert
into flashback?
4. Discuss the tension evident in the
conversation between Milkman and Guitar. What makes the reader aware that this
conversation is awkward?
5. What is it that black women want from black
men? What do while men and white women want?
6. Why do the Seven Days protect black
women?
7. What excuse Guitar give for the way
he views Macon Dead?
8. What is Guitar’s interpretation of
the way Pilate handled the situation at the jailhouse?
9. Describe the “willingness to love”
that Guitar’s mother had shown when her husband died?
10.
Both
men have their own reasons for needing the money? What were those reasons?
11.
When
Milkman arrives in Pittsburgh, where does he leave his luggage?
12.
Who
is Reverend Cooper? What does this man tell Milkman about his family history?
13.
What
has happened to Circe? How did things end up with the people that killed their
father?
14.
Describe
Milkman’s grandmother’s appearance.
15.
What
does Macon Sr.’ s success say to the men around him?
16.
Who
is the woman staying in the house of the people that killed his grandfather?
Describe Milkman’s first meeting with her.
17.
Why
is this meeting a bit of magical realism?
18.
Who
does this woman think Milkman is when
she meets him?
19.
What
was Milkman’s grandmother’s name?
20.
How
did Macon and Milk’s grandmother meet?
21.
What
happened in Hunter’s Cave, according to Circe?
22.
STOP
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