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Mildred Taylor
What is the setting (place and time) of the story?
Missisissippi, 1930s
True or False: Uncle Hammer sold his car.
True
What makes the Logan family unique among black families in their area?
They own their own land.
What is Mama's occupation?
she teaches the seventh grade.
Why are Little Man and Cassie so upset by their textbooks?
The condition is marked "very poor"
Who had a car like Harlan Granger?
Uncle Hammer
Who are the Wallaces?
What happens to Papa on the night trip back from Vicksburg?
He got shot and broke his leg
They dig a large hole for it to fall into
How did Mama teach the kids a lesson after they went to the Wallace store?
She took them to see Mr. Berry's house.
What did the Logan family grow?
Cotton
Most of the families of Great Faith students have this job.
What is sharecropping?
Who is the only white man who likes the blacks?
Mr. Jamison
Why was Mr. Morrison fired from his railroad?
He beat up some white men on the job.
by telling Stacy he looks like a "fat preacher"
A flute
Why does Mr. Granger want the Logan land?
It used to belong to his family.
What job does Papa have to help pay for taxes?
Working on the railroad
Who did Big Ma sign the land over to?
T.J.
Why did Big Ma not want Cassie to tell Uncle Hammer what happened in Strawberry?
Because Hammer has a horrible temper and could get himself in trouble.
Who really killed Mr. Barnett?
R.W. Simms
Once TJ lost his black friends he,
started hanging out with the Simms brothers.
Who backed the Vicksburg shoppers with credit?
Mr. Jamison
Why were the Simms brothers not recognized when the rob the store?
They wore masks.
Who was the teacher that whipped Cassie and Little Man on the first day of school?
Miss Crocker
How was TJ saved from the mob?
Papa started a fire in his cotton field and threatened other people's land.
Which character narrates the book in first-person voice?
Cassie Logan