Chapter Seven: Make Your Mark

Pre-Reading Discussion:

• What makes a good story?
• What techniques are used in films and television shows to entertain and hold interest?
• Do techniques like these influence the truth of a story?

Vocabulary:

• indifferently (p.159)
• purged (p.160)
• affidavit (p.161)
• astute (p.162)
• radical (p.163)

Read:

Chapter Seven

Post-Reading Discussion:

• How does Mercer feel during her interactions with Eliza Ruffin and the Anti-Slavery Society?
• What kinds of stories do they want her to tell them?
• How are Mercer’s thoughts different from her actions?
• Why is she pressured to keep up appearances?