Evidence Experts
Which piece of evidence from page 266 BEST develops the theme of "Social injustice allows people to dehumanize others"?
A. "'All right, Mr. Fish,' I said, "I'll come.'"
B. "'Let's go half-breed,' he cried. 'The night's young. We've got killing to do.'"
C. "...I'll destroy every last thing in this place..."
D. "...it was my feat of what he'd [Vernon] do if he found Joseph in the back room that tipped the scales on my decision."
B. "'Let's go half-breed,' he cried. 'The night's young. We've got killing to do.'"
Read the following quote from the character of Vernon Fish: "Listen to me and listen close, Half-breed: there's only good black people and bad black people. Good ones know their place. Bad one's don't..."
Which theme is MOST developed in this quote?
A. People are sometimes not who they seem to be.
B. Social injustice allows people to dehumanize others.
C. Meeting people from different backgrounds expands one's worldview.
D. Choices have unforeseen consequences.
B. Social injustice allows people to dehumanize others.
Which aspect of character is being used the most at the bottom of page 263 until the top of page 264 to develop the theme of "Social injustice allows people to dehumanize others"?
A. Dialogue
B. Change
C. Actions
D. Thoughts
A. Dialogue
Review page 265-266 starting with "No, sir, Mr. Fish..." and ending with "...for all."
William makes the decision to refuse to go with Vernon and Clete. Which of the following pieces of evidence BEST supports how this decision develops the theme of "Choices have unforeseen consequences"?
A. "He [Vernon] walked to the demo machine Pop and I used to play music for customers and, casual as could be, pushed it over. Wood splintered. Metal Twisted."
B. '"Clete here will back me up, won't you?'"
C. "...it was my fear what he'd do if he found Joseph in the back room that tipped the scales on my decision once and for all."
D. "Vernon's face with white with fury..."
A. "He [Vernon] walked to the demo machine Pop and I used to play music for customers and, casual as could be, pushed it over. Wood splintered. Metal Twisted."
Review the conversation between the detective and Rowan starting with "When they came back..." and "...Arvin the person."
Which theme does the detective's word choice to describe Arvin help to develop?
A. People are sometimes not who they seem to be.
B. Social injustice allows people to dehumanize others.
C. Meeting people from different backgrounds expands one's worldview.
D. Choices have unforeseen consequences.
B. Social injustice allows people to dehumanize others.
Review page 273 starting with "I thought you knew" and ending with "...he was sorry"
Which of the following BEST explains how the characters in this section develop the theme of "Choices have unforeseen consequences"?
A. The dialogue between Joseph and Gideon reveal that Joseph's mother was captured, which was an unforeseen consequence.
B. Ruby and Josephs's mother's actions and motivation to find Ruby led to the unforeseen consequence of the white Tulsans capturing her.
C. William's thoughts reveal that Ruby's mother had the unforeseen consequence of being captured.
D. Joseph's dialogue with Gideon leads to him learning that his mother was captured by the white Tulsans.
B. The mother's actions and motivation of looking for Ruby led to the unforeseen consequence of the white Tulsans capturing her.
Reread page 257.
Identify the TWO pieces of evidence that support the theme of "Social injustice allows people to dehumanize others."
A. '"A bunch of Osage, especially Osage women, were murdered in the 1920s after the government decided that anyone who was half Indian or more needed a white guardian to mange their money.'"
B. '"So, anyway, a lot of white men married Osage women just to get control of their fortunes.'"
C. "'But what does that have to do with the skeleton?"
D. '"Then a bunch of of those women started dying in weird ways--drowning in shallow creeks, falling out of third-story windows, turning up with bullet holes in their skulls. No one really looked into the deaths..."
A. '"A bunch of Osage, especially Osage women, were murdered in the 1920s after the government decided that anyone who was half Indian or more needed a white guardian to mange their money.'"
D. '"Then a bunch of of those women started dying in weird ways--drowning in shallow creeks, falling out of third-story windows, turning up with bullet holes in their skulls. No one really looked into the deaths..."
Reread page 272 starting with "Gideon took" and ending with "but laughing nonetheless."
Which theme is BEST developed in this section?
A. People are sometimes not who they seem to be.
B. Social injustice allows people to dehumanize others.
C. Choices have unforeseen consequences.
D. Meeting people from different backgrounds expands one's worldview.
A. People are sometimes not who they seem to be.
Review the PLOT on pages 267-270.
Identify the decision William makes on these pages and at least ONE unforeseen consequence of this decision.
Decision:
William chooses to outrun Vernon and Clete
Consequence:
Engine dies
Outrunning train
Vernon shoots at Joseph and William