Name that Person/Place
Family and Friends
Discrimination and Resistance
Conflict and Resolution
Culture/Skills
100

T.J.'s younger brother

Claude

100

The name of Big Ma's husband (Papa's father)

Paul Edward Logan

100

The number of Berrys that got lit on fire by the Wallaces

Three

100

An item that T.J. is suspected of stealing, other than Stacey's coat and the pearl-handed gun.

A watch or a locket

100

Two features of a headline

1. Abbreviated

2. Written in Present Tense

3. Gives overview of article

4. Short (less than 10 words)

125

The US state where the story takes place

Mississippi

125

Name of the woman whom Cassie feels betrayed by in Strawberry (full name)

Caroline Logan

125

A form of resistance when people refuse to buy from a certain business/store.

Boycott

125

The term that describes how Cassie is able to stop Lillian Jean from reporting that Cassie beat her up

Blackmail

125

The section of a news article where the writer's name and date appear

Byline

150

The name of the man who drives the bus full of white children

Mr. Grimes

150

The man who got fired for fighting white men

Mr. Morrison

150

A system in which farmers rent their land and get stuck in debt

Sharecropping

BONUS 100: Why do sharecroppers get stuck in debt?

150

The expression said by Ms. Crocker to Mama when Ms. Crocker warns her not to damage the book

"Don't bite the hand that feeds you"

150

John Wilkes Boothe's job before assassinating Abraham Lincoln

Actor

175

The name of the school that the Logan children attend

The Great Faith Elementary and Secondary School

175

The gift Jeremy gives Stacey

A flute

175

What Papa compares the Logans to as a metaphor when talking to Cassie.

A fig tree

175

The two people who arrive at the last moment to stop T.J. from being killed

1. Mr. Jamison

2. The sheriff

175

The two things promised by the US government to freed slaves

40 acres and a mule

200

The name of the town where Papa gets shot at

Vicksburg

200

What happens to Uncle Hammer's car (Why he doesn't have it at the end of the novel)

He sold it to raise money for the family

200

The name of the period of discrimination during which the story takes place

Jim Crow

200

How does Mr. Jamison help Mama's boycott?

He agrees to put up credit for the black families to shop in Vicksburg.

200

The type of establishment (mall, theme park, etc.) where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated

A theater

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