To Kill a Mockingbird

Who is Calpurnia? How does Scout describe her? Identify a smile that she uses in her description.

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Calpurnia is the Finch's housekeeper.

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Calpurnia was something else again. She was all angles and bones; she was nearsighted; she squinted; her hand was wide as a bed slat and twice as hard. She was always ordering me out of the kitchen, asking me why I couldn’t behave as well as Jem when she knew he was older, and calling me home when I wasn’t ready to come. Our battles were epic and one-sided. Calpurnia always won, mainly because Atticus always took her side. She had been with us ever since Jem was born, and I had felt her tyrannical presence as long as I could remember.

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To Kill a Mockingbird