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What did Maleeka do in the cafeteria?
Maleeka brings her own food so that she doesn’t have to tolerate the questionable food. Charlese insists that she deserves to get what she pays for in the cafeteria, and makes Maleeka bring her food back to the lunch lady.
Why does Maleeka get back in the lunch line with Charlese’s tray?
Charlese was describing as mad when she slammed her tray and everyone stared. Charlese made Maleeka get her food that was good for her. Maleeka had to get back on line because Charlese didn’t want the Bologna sandwich that Maleeka offered.
How does char act towards the lunch ladies and what happens as a result of this?
One day in the cafeteria, Char finds something unpleasant on her burger. Char’s already been loudly complaining that the burgers look like “burnt dog doo-doo,” but the discovery of the yucky substance—whatever it is—is the last straw. So she gets her little lackey, Maleeka, to take the food back.
What happened to maleeka on the way home from Char’s house?
What happened to Maleeka on the way home from Char’s house? She had her purse taken from her.
Why does Daphne fight maleeka?
Why did Maleeka get in a fight with Daphne? Because Daphne thought Maleeka was kissing her boyfriend but it was Charlese.
Where does maleeka get her clothes from?
Maleeka wears handmade clothes to school, clothes made by her mother at home.
How did the lunch ladies feel about the incident with char in the skin I’m in?
In chapter 11, Char shouts at the lunch ladies because she says the “hamburgers look like burnt dog doo-doo.” As Maleeka says, the lunch ladies are not the kind of people you mess with. Something indescribable on her hamburger bun.” Char, however, refuses to give in.
How did Miss Saunders help Maleeka?
Miss Saunders gives the students a writing assignment in which they write from the perspective of a teenager in the 17th century. When she recognizes Maleeka’s writing talent, she encourages Maleeka to continue the assignment and tells Maleeka that she has a gift.
What does Maleeka think Miss Saunders will do?
What does Maleeka think Miss Saunders will do? Mess it all up for her.
What did Maleeka do to the lunch lady?
When the girl saw something disgusting on her burger in the cafeteria she made maleeka take the food back to the lunch lady. When maleeka got up to the lunch lady maleeka took the disgusting thing on her burger and smeared it into the burger and gave it back to the girl.
What happens to Maleeka’s mom in the Skin I’m in?
While Maleeka’s mom loves and supports her, she doesn’t always model good behavior. Maleeka reveals that, following her dad’s death, her mother fell apart; Maleeka had to brush her mom’s teeth and feed her. Eventually, Maleeka’s mom was able to pick herself up when she discovered sewing.
How does Maleeka feel about her friend Sweets?
Compare and contrast how Maleeka feels about herself with her friend Sweets. Maleeka feels more confident with her friend Sweets because she has been her friend since they were in kindergartner.
Why did Maleeka start out as a push over?
Just because maleeka is a leader now she did start out as a push over. In the beginning of the book maleeka was a big push over and she let people boss her around. Maleeka never grew the courage to do anything about it.