1. What does the narrator, Squeaky, value as her two greatest traits (qualities)? Provide at least one quote as support.

Answer and Explanation:

Squeaky is the narrator in the short story "Raymond's Run", by Toni Cade Bambara. She is a confident young girl whose older brother, Raymond, is special.

Right in the beginning of the story, Squeaky reveals two traits she possesses of which she is proud of. First, she values her assertiveness in protecting Raymond from bullies:

"But now, if anybody has anything to say to Raymond, anything about his big head, they have to come by me. And I don't play the dozens or believe in standing around with somebody in my face doing a lot of talking."

Squeaky also values her athletic abilities. She is proud of being a fast runner, and quite a diligent one too:

"There is no track meet that I don't win the first place medal. [...] The big kids call me Mercury 'cause I'm the swiftest thing in the neighborhood."

the words "slavery," "devils," and "murderer" evoke a sense of disgust.

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