Characters 1
Characters 2
Plot 1
Plot 2
Plot 3
100
Who is the narrator of the story?
Cassie Logan
100
What type of car does Uncle Hammer drive?
A silver Packard
100
While in the Strawberry store, what make Cassie so angry?
Mr. Barnett is serving white people before the black people.
100
How do the children sabotage the school bus?
They dig a hole and fill it with water.
100
Why does Cassie know that Lillian Jean won't tell her father that Cassie beat her up?
Cassie will spill all of Lillian Jean's secrets.
200
Who is the character who is picky about his/her appearance?
Little Man
200
What is Mr. Logan's job?
Railroad worker
200
When is the ONE time Stacey gets whipped by Mama?
He is caught with a cheat sheet in his hand.
200
What makes Little Man so angry on his first day of school?
The "dirty book."
200
Why does Little Man get a whipping on the first day of school?
He stomps on his textbook.
300
What is Mrs. Logan's job?
teacher
300
Which character feels responsible for his/her father's broken leg?
Stacey
300
What is the thing that makes all the Logan children so angry at the beginning of the book?
The white school bus
300
Why do the Wallaces let Uncle Hammer pass them on Soldier's Bridge?
They thought he was Mr. Granger.
300
What does Uncle Hammer do as he passes the Wallaces coming off the bridge?
He tips his hat.
400
Who is the character who has gotten all the land but four hundred acres owned by the Logans back?
Mr. Granger
400
What is Harlan Granger's job?
A land owner to sharecroppers.
400
Why does Mama take the children to see the Berrys?
She wants to show them the kind of people the Wallaces are.
400
What is a sharecropper?
Someone who rents a portion of land.
400
Why did the students at Great Faith not have a school bus?
The school was too poor to afford a bus.
500
Who is the person who backs the credit in Vicksburg for the poor black people?
Mr. Jamison
500
Who is the first/fourth grade teacher?
Miss Crocker
500
Why does Big Ma sign the land over to Uncle Hammer and Papa?
She is afraid they might not get it after she dies.
500
What are the three reasons the Logans do not want their children going to the Wallace's store?
Drinking/smoking, gambling/dancing, and disrespect for blacks
500
Why is Great Faith School only open from October to March?
The students are needed to work in the field.
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