Vocabulary Preview
Match each word or phrase with the correct definition.
1.
blow
a.
a room devoted
to reading and studying
2.
bonfire
b.
a forcible stroke to the body
3.
curse
c.
a
large fire built outside
4.
remnant
d.
an unusual public display
5.
spectacle
e.
a
small remaining part
6.
study
f.
to bring great evil upon
Pre-Reading Questions
Think about the following questions.
1.
Do you know anyone who has a multiracial background?
2.
In the past, how were multiracial people treated by society?
3.
How are multiracial people treated by society today?
Desiree’s Baby
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Kate Chopin
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esiree sat in her room, one hot afternoon.
The baby lay asleep upon
her own great mahogany bed. One of
La Blanche’s
little
quadroon
boys stood fanning the child. Desiree’s eyes
had been fixed absently
and sadly upon the baby. She looked from her child to the boy who stood beside
him and back again “Ah!” The blood
turned like ice in her
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