SETTING
WHAT IS THE LARGEST BLACK SCHOOL IN AMERICA
GREAT FAITH ELEMENTARY
Why do the children run for the ditch when the school bus drives by?
The bus kicks up a cloud of dust that the kids run from.
Morosely
Sullenly melancholy; gloomy.
Why are Little Man and Cassie upset about their textbooks?
They are old, worn, and were used by the white schools.
Who is Jeremy Simms?
A white child who befriends the Logan kids.
Why is it so important that the Logan family owns land?
IT WAS RARE FOR A BLACK FAMILY TO OWN ALOT OF LAND THEN
Undaunted
Not discouraged or disheartened; resolutely courageous.
Why is the black school only open from October through March?
The children work in the fields during the warmer months.
Which description best fits Little Man?
Six-years-old, very particular about his appearance.
Why does the children's father have to go away to work on the railroad?
They do not earn enough money from the cotton to survive.
Pensively
Deeply, often wistfully or dreamily thoughtful.
When Chapter 1 begins, what is the setting?
On a dusty road in Mississippi, 1933.
Which description best fits T.J. Avery?
SHORT, SKINNY, SCRAWNY, KID WHO IS MEAN TO HIS BROTHER
Who is the narrator of the novel?
CASSIE LOGAN
Why do the other white kids harass and abuse Jeremy Simms?
HE IS WHITE AND HANGS OUT WITH BLACK PEOPLE WHICH IN THAT TIME WAS BAD
T.J. Avery is the son of a sharecropper on Harlan Granger's land. What is a sharecropper?
Someone who works the land, but does not own it.
What does mama, Mrs. Logan, do to the books?
She pastes a blank piece of paper over the condition page.
Who is Harlan Granger?
A rich, white man who owns a plantation near the Logan's.
Emaciated
*BONUSX2* Made or became extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.