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Mama Flora's Family
Study
Guide for the Film
1. What literary technique is used at the
beginning of the film?
2. The old lady's name is:
3. Why was the egg a special gift?
4. Where did Flora live as a child?
In what year?
5. Who is Lincoln Fleming, and why is he
called "Marsa" ?
6. What opportunity does Lincoln give
Flora? Does her father want her
to take the opportunity? How old is when she gets this
opportunity?
7. Lincoln doesn't look at Flora in the
day time, but he comes to visit
her in the evenings. Explain.
8. What do the kitchen servants at the
Fleming mansion snicker about as
Flora watches Lincoln ride off with his dad?
9. What does Flora give her father when
she returns home? Why is she
angry with her father?
10. On the night that Flora's baby is born, Lincoln comes to
the house and
gives Flora's dad something. Why? What is it for?
11. What happens to the baby and Flora afterwards?
12. Where does Flora travel to?
13. Who helps Flora get a job?
14. Flora meets Booker Palmer. How does he become special to
her?
15. How much money is Booker given by the land owner to support
his family
for the entire winter?
16. What kind of job does Flora take?
17. How does Booker get shot? For what reason?
18. How does Willie get a "sister" ?
19. Why does 10-year-old Willie want to quit school?
20. What does Willie give Ernestine?
21. During the Joe Louis fight, where do the whites and blacks
stand to
listen?
22. Why does Willie have to leave town in a hurry? How does
he leave?
23. What happens to Flora's church, and why does it happen?
24. What does Mama Flora find in Willie's suit that causes them to
argue?
25. What has happened to Flora's oldest son, the son of Lincoln
Fleming?
26. How does Flora try to communicate with Luke? Is
she successful?
27. What happens to Willie after Pearl Harbor is attacked?
28. What good friend and role model from work goes with Willie?
29. Soon after Willie's wedding, where does he go? How does
he leave?
30. Who comes to visit Flora in her house in Tennessee in 1944?
31. Can Flora give blood at the Red Cross station? Explain.
32. What does Luke call Flora when he meets her, and why does it
hurt her
feelings?
33. How would you describe Willie in battle on the Solomon Islands
in 1944?
34. Who dies in his arms?
35. What award does Willie get in World War II ?
36. Flora visits Willie and his family after the war in New York
City. He
has three children named: ________________________,
Don, and Booker.
37. What happens to Ernestine when Diana is 12 years old?
38. Where do Flora's two sons meet?
39. How does Luke help Willie?
40. What gift does Don give his grandmother?
41. Booker makes a decision to join the _________________ during
the
_______________ War.
42. Why does Don get shot in the back?
43. Flora dresses in her best outfit and courageously walks into a
restaurant. Why was it a courageous act?
44. Why does Flora travel to New York City to see Luke?
45. Why is Luke angry deep down inside?
46. Who is the father of Diana's baby, and what group is he
associated
with?
47. What is Don's sentence? Why isn't it a longer sentence?
48. What does Kevin ask Flora to do? Why?
49. What helps Booker recover from the trauma of Vietnam?
50. Why did Flora need to "rescue" Diana, her
granddaughter?
51. Why is it important for Luke to hug his mom?
52. What conclusion do Luke and Willie come to by the end of the film?
53.Why does the world seem to be a brighter place for Flora on her
birthday?
54 How is the egg from the beginning of the film connected to the
end of
the film?
Post Film Discussion Questions
What are the themes of this film?
Timeline of the film?
Protagonist?
Which characters were flat, and which ones were round in this film?
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