Who Said It?
"You just do that and I'm gonna make sure all your fancy friends know how you keep a secret."
Cassie (to Lillian Jean)
This character teaches Cassie an important lesson about survival by comparing their family to a fig tree.
Papa
These are the two events taking place at the time of the novel
Great Depression; Jim Crow Era
Cassie experiences racism firsthand when she is denied service at this place while running an errand in Strawberry
In Papa's metaphor about the fig tree, this symbol represents the family's determination to keep the land, or possibly its deep history there.
Roots (they hold the tree in place)
"Friends gotta trust each other, ‘cause ain’t nothin’ like a true friend."
T.J. (to Stacey)
This is the first name of the character who is trying to take the Logan's land
HARLAN (Granger)
This was the promise to freed slaves broken by the new US president, Andrew Johnson
30 acres and a mule
T.J. is able to embarrass Stacey and convince him to give away his coat by comparing him to this
fat preacher
This song was sung by Billie Holiday to highlight the violence and lynchings that black people faced
Strange Fruit
"It's tough out there, boy, and as long as there are people, there's gonna be somebody trying to take what you got and trying to drag you down. It's up to you whether you let them or not."
Uncle Hammer (to Stacey when reprimanding him about giving away the quoe)
Ms. Crocker uses this expression to warn Mama of the consequences of angering the County.
Uncle Hammer fought in this war and feels bitterness at how he was treated afterwards
World War I
After being humiliated in Strawberry, Cassie uses this strategy in order to get back at Lillian Jean.
Pretends to be her friend and beats her up, using Lillian Jean's secrets as blackmail
This group in the novel, used to punish Black families who defy white authority, symbolizes racial violence and fear in the Deep South.
The Night Men
"We have no choice of what color we’re born or who our parents are or whether we’re rich or poor. What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we’re here."
Mama (to Cassie)
Mama is known as a "maverick" or a bit of a rebel due to her being from this area of Mississippi.
The Delta
Two ways that sharecropping was unfair
Mr. Morrison encourages Stacey to confess this action to Mama
Fighting T.J. at the Wallace Store
This object is given to Stacey and represents an attempt at friendship across racial barriers
a hand-made flute (from Jeremy)
"I'm a Southerner, born and bred, but that doesn't mean I approve of all that goes on here, and there are a lot of other white people who feel the same."
Mr. Jamison (when offering to help the Logans with the boycott)
DAILY DOUBLE
Decide how many of your points you want to bet on this next question.
The principal's daughter at Cassie's school
During this period which followed the Civil War, freed slaves in the south had many rights and were elected to the government
Reconstruction
Mama takes the Logan children to visit this person to get them to understand that the Wallaces are evil
Mr. Sam Berry