Who says “God is the color of water. Water doesn’t have a color.” ?
Ruth McBride
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What does James do in front of his whole class that he is made fun of?
Dance
100
How many children were there?
12 children.
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What does it mean to sit "shiva"?
perform a funeral/ mourn someone
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James' brother Richie stopped going to Sunday school because:
he didn't agree with Jesus being white
200
Yiddish for father is:
Tateth
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What did James use to try and hide his feelings of hurt and shame from his actions after his dad died?
Drugs and Alcohol
200
Which one of Ruth's children is falsely jailed for dealing drugs?
Richie
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How did Ruth's brother Sam die?
Died in World War II
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Why did James' mother cry in church?
Because she felt accepted and love being a Christian
300
When James was fourteen, his mother had two hobbies, they were:
Hint: What did she do after her husband died?
playing piano and riding a bicycle
300
What has Ruth liked about black folks all her life?
How they don't judge her
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What is the name of Ruth's best friend as a child?
Frances
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How does the author feel his life is a contradiction?
Whites are bad, but he is partly white
Whites are bad, but his mother makes him go to mainly white schools
Mommy worships Malcolm X, even though he compared white people to the devil
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Why did James punch the boy on the bus?
Because the boy's father was a Black Panther and James was scared for his mother
400
Why did Mameh tell Ruth to go to visit her family in New York city that summer?
So she could get an abortion
400
According to Helen, why does she quit school?
School is set up by the white man's system
400
How did Ruth's family observe the Sabbath?
They were not allowed to do anything or eat anything all day and had to sit in the dark
400
Why is McBride afraid of the Black Power Movement?
He is concerned that the movement may generate violence from racist whites
500
The sibling that everyone looked up to in the McBride family
Dennis
500
What year did the Black Panther Movement come out with their ten-point program?
1966
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What does Billy do to merit a "but whooping?"
He doesn't study his Bible story to present in front of everyone
500
Which of James's siblings left home?
Helen
500
What is the effect of having parallel plots in the story?
It highlights the similarities between the discrimination that both Jewish people and Blacks have experienced.