Question

Maya Angelou's autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, takes place

A. in the midwest during the late 1920's
B. in various American cities between 1930-1960
C. in Stamps, Arkansas in the 1970s.
D. in her grandmother's home in New York City in the Early 1900s.

Answer 1

b in various American city between 1930 and 1960

Answer 2

The answer is B. I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou's autobiography takes place in various American cities between 1930 and 1960.

In this autobiography, Maya Angelou narrates her childhood and youth years, which take place in different scenarios, such as California, Arkansas, and St. Louis. She describes the relationships she formed in each place and how they changed over time, especially with her caregiver, which sometimes was her mother and others, her grandmother.

Though an autobiography, the book paints a picture of the social context in those years, in different locations of America, and how it shaped and conditioned the lives and struggles of the african american.