Vocabulary
Characters
Plot
Important Events
Who said it?
100

Which vocabulary word matches this description:
not wanting or not able to believe something

incredulous

100

Who is the protagonist of this story?

Stella Mills

100

Where does the story take place?

Bumblebee, NC

100

In chapter 1, what does Jojo and Stella see?

the KKK burning the cross across KilKenny Pond
100

Who said, "I gotta stand tall. I have a right to vote, a right, I tell you. And a responsibility."  

Papa

200

Which vocabulary word matches this description:
to ask someone to do or not do something in a very sincere, emotional, and determined way

implored

200

Who runs the white track at night (at the Mountain View School)? 

Tony Hawkins

200

What is the main conflict of this novel?

Segregation and the violence caused by the KKK

200

Who gives everyone one piece of candy, no matter their race? 

Mrs Cooper

200

Who said, "I can never get the words to sound like I want them to."

Stella

300

Which vocabulary word matches this description:
in a very slight way that a person is unable to notice or feel


imperceptibly

300
Who refused to treat Mama for her snakebite?

Doctor Packard

300
Name at least 3 characters that Stella goes to school with.
Tony Hawkins, Helen Spencer, Hazel Spencer, Claudia Odum, Johnsteve, Randy, Carolyn, Jojo, etc.
300

Who wins the writing contest?

Helen Spencer

300

Who said, "It's incomplete. It's got potential but you gave up. Perhaps I should stop by your house with a plate of gingersnaps and have a chat with your mama."


Mrs Grayson

400

Which vocabulary word is defined as:
to think about something carefully and for a long time


mused

400

Who is the leader of the church Stella's family attends?

Pastor Patton

400

What play does Mrs Grayson lead every year?

The Christmas play (Birth of Jesus)

400

Which men attack Tony Hawkins?

Johnny Ray and Max Smitherman

400

Who says "It's honest-to-goodness cinder, you know? It's so much better than running on our lumpy dirt road. On that white school track, I feel like an eagle or something."

Tony Hawkins

500

Which vocabulary term matches this definition:
a difficult or unlucky situation or event:

adversity

500

Who are the three men who registered to vote?

Papa, Mr. Spencer and Pastor Patton

500

Who almost drowns in Lake Kilkenny?

Paulette Packard

500

What does Paulette admit about her father?

1) he's in the KKK 2) he abuses Paulette and her mom

500

Who says "Yes, this little girl represents all of us. She is youth. She is promise. She is the reason we get up each morning and go to jobs where we are underpaid or mistreated, to work in fields that are dry and parched and reuse to yield. She stands there for all our children."  

Pastor Patton

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