Questions:

1a. What sentence does the teacher write on the board for the students to copy?
1b.  How does this comment about "first" and "second" doors to "freedom" fit with Médouze's account of what happened in Martinique after the end of slavery?
1c.  As figured by this movie, how widely open was the "second door" to freedom?  To whom was it open?

2. What is the relationship of the content of classroom teaching in "Sugar Cane Alley" to Martinique and the life of the children of the sugar cane workers?  Be as specific as you can be in answering this question.

3. Which student's work is disparaged the most in the first school José attends?

4a.  Other than José, which student in his class is most succesful at the first level of schooling?

4b.  What happens to her/him?  What factor(s) do you think account for the different outcomes for Jose and this student?  Explain.

4c.What employment does this other student obtain?

4d. What school skills does this employment depend upon?