How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Mr. Lingerle put down his cup, so fast the china clattered. "I’m sorry, I didn’t realize," he said. He started to push himself up, out of the chair. "I’ve stayed too long, I was just too comfortable, I’d better be going." (5.7)
No, Mr. Lingerle! Don’t go! Can’t you see the Tillerman children need a father figure here? Sit down, stay a while.
Quote #8
"Hey," Dicey answered, walking right on past Mina and her friends. Mina got the message all right. Dicey heard one of the other voices talk as the girls followed her down the hall, falling behind because she was hurrying: "I don’t know why you’re looking for honky friends," the voice complained. (5.135)
Notice that Mina’s friend notices Dicey’s skin color, but the subject never even comes up between Dicey and Mina themselves. Mina seems like a pretty perceptive girl, but she's also totally chill. She sees Dicey for who she truly is, which is exactly what friends are supposed to do.
Quote #9
Gram was laughing. "I wish I’d been there," she said. "I wish I’d seen this. I like the sound of this girl. She your friend?"
"No, not really. I mean—no, not really." (7.134-135)
Why can’t Dicey see that anyone who would stick up for you the way Mina did in Mr. Chappelle’s class is trying really hard to be your friend? How would you react if someone defended you that way? Hopefully you'd be a bit less clueless than Dicey is here.