Who Am I?
Give the first and last name of the protagonist.
Newt Winger
"No matter if you go or stay, think of Cherokee Flats like that till the day you die--let it be your learnin' tree."
Who wrote The Learning Tree?
Gordon Parks
What is the setting of The Learning Tree?
Cherokee Flats, KS
In what decade do the events in the novel occur?
1920s
A farmer whose apples Newt and Marcus try to steal, leading to tragic events.
"A wonderful world all mixed up with wonderful colored people, nobody the same as anybody else."
Uncle Rob
In what year was The Learning Tree written?
1963
What person point of view is The Learning Tree told?
3rd person
He is Newt's favorite author.
Edgar Allen Poe
Name three of the four pals that the protagonist hangs around with in his neighborhood.
Beansy, Jappy, Skunk, and/or Earl
"They aren't college material."
Miss McClinock
Name the real-life town where the events are based and where the author lived.
Fort Scott
Name the main antagonist in The Learning Tree.
Marcus Savage
Name the weapon Booker used to kill Jake Kiner.
crowbar
This is the protagonist's friend who "felt a superior satisfaction explaining the mysterious microscope and the enchanting world its thick lenses revealed."
Rodney Cavanaugh
"You are as much-or more-responsible for his death as he himself."
Judge Jeff Cavanaugh
The author, who was also a filmmaker and composer, is best known for what profession?
Photographer
Examples: Person vs. person
Person vs. society
Person vs. self
Conflict
What school did the protagonist attend?
Booker T. Washington Junior High
Give the first and last name of the protagonist's first love.
Arcella Jefferson
"Our race is not the best liked in the world, and we know it, but our class is de-determined that this will not keep us from going forward."
Newt Winger
In what year did the author die?
2006
Name in order the 5 basic components of a plot of a story or novel.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution
What gift did the protagonist receive at Christmas from his momma that "reflected his growing up?"
A dictionary