Understand Characters - Tutorial - Level C Click on the question mark. What does this detail help to tell us about
what Clementine is like?
Clementine
Details from
the Story
What the
Details Tell
What She Says
Margaret had been excused
to go to the girls' room, and
when she left she had
scrunched-up don't-cry eyes
and a pressed-down
don't cry mouth. And she had
been gone a really long time,
even for Margaret, who
washes her hands one finger
at a time
"I need to go to
the girls' room,"
I told my
teacher
She is rude.
"I need to go to the girls
room," I told my teacher.
She is polite.
She is sneaky.
And that's where Margaret
was, all right: curled up under
the sink with her head on her
She is patient.
knees.