Answer:
1) If you are put out, at least you can still go to another place, while being put outdoors is a final condition. Claudia says that this is “like the difference between the concept of death and being, in fact, dead.”
2) Pecola’s father, Cholly, is in jail while her mother is staying with the family she worked for as a maid. Pecola’s brother, Sammy, is with another family.
3) Mama “never named anybody” when she complained about the behavior of a child, but these “soliloquies” were still said within earshot of the intended victim.
4) Frieda wants water so that she could clean off the steps, where Pecola’s blood has left a stain.
5) Claudia is afraid that her mama will drown Pecola.
