Q3: What is the theme of the passage, "Thank You, Ma'am"?(1 point) Responses Crime and punishment Crime and punishment Wealth and poverty Wealth and poverty Compassion and understanding Compassion and understanding Fear and insecurity Fear and insecurity Question 4 Q4: Which of the following quotes from the text best illustrates the theme identified in Question 3? (1 point) Responses "The boy wanted to say something else other than 'Thank you, ma’am' to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but he couldn’t do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door." "The boy wanted to say something else other than 'Thank you, ma’am' to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but he couldn’t do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door." "Um-hum! And your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you. Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?" "Um-hum! And your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you. Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?" "She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails." "She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails." "The woman was sitting on the day-bed. After a while she said, 'I were young once and I wanted things I could not get.'"
"The woman was sitting on the day-bed. After a while she said, 'I were young once and I wanted things I could not get.'" - This quote best illustrates the theme of compassion and understanding in the passage "Thank You, Ma'am." It shows that despite the boy's attempt to steal from Mrs. Jones, she shows compassion and understanding towards him, sharing a little of her own past struggles.
