Characters
What character is also the narrator?
Cassie
What do the children do to take revenge on the bus?
Dig a hole in the road during a rain storm
What race had the most power?
White
How did the fire in the field start?
Papa set it to distract the night riders
What does it mean to infer?
to discover/uncover
Who is friends with the Logan kids even though both fathers disapprove?
Jeremy
What two events hurt Cassie on her first trip to Strawberry?
The store owner ignoring her and Lillian Jean/Mr. Simms making her apologize
What made Jeremy unique in this story?
He wanted to be friends with the Logans because he liked them regardless of race
Why were the kids scared when they heard night riders were out the night Sam Tatum was attacked?
They were scared the night riders were coming for them.
When a story has more than one theme
Who gets Mama fired from her job?
TJ
What do the Wallace's and Harlan Granger do to try and get the African Americans to shop at the Wallace Store again? Name at least 2
1. Raise rent on their land 2. Threaten them 3. hurt Papa 4. Fire Ma 5. Call up the mortgage 6. head off to hurt Mr. Morrison and Papa
What did the night riders do to hurt African-Americans if they thought they were guilty of a crime and to intimidate others? (4 events that happened in the book)
Burn them, Beat them, Tar and Feather, Kill them.
Why is the land so important to the Logan Family?
They own it, which was very uncommon at that time.
Define "recurring theme"
When a theme is in many different parts of the story.
Who has control over most of the events going on in the book?
Harlan Granger
How did RW and Melvin get TJ to take all the blame for the robbery?
They wore masks to make sure h was the only one recognized and then said they saw him with 2 other boys.
What was the only way African American schools could get books for their students?
They only got them when they were too old and broken for the white students to use anymore
Why is Uncle Hammer more comfortable with confronting the whites in Mississippi?
He lives in the North and the racism isn't as bad there. He also does not have children/family to protect the way Papa does.
What is the difference between a topic and a theme?
A topic is one or two words for what the story is about. A theme is a phrase that gives a message/lesson you can take from the story.
Name every member of the Logan family
Cassie, Stacey, Christopher John, Little Man, Ma, Pa, Big Ma, Uncle Hammer
Summarize the major climax after Cassie told Papa everything that happened at the Avery's
Papa starts a fire. Harlan Granger makes the men put it out. TJ is arrested and jailed.
What about Uncle Hammer made the white men most angry when he came to visit?
He had the same car as Harlan Granger, making him seem like he was on the same level as white men.
Why were RW and Melvin friends with TJ?
They needed him to fit through the window for the robbery and to blame for their crimes.
What is one theme from ROTHMC?
What is one topic from ROTHMC?
Theme: The harsh realities of racism in 1930's MS. The importance of family. How language can be used as a form of resistance.
Topic: Racism. Freedom. Family. Resistance.