Roll of Thunder
Civil Rights Movement
Vocabulary
English Topics
Grab Bag
100

How did the Logan children get back at the white school’s bus driver for splashing them?

They dug a ditch and caused the bus to breakdown.

100

Who’s arrest inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Rosa Parks

100

What is a vocabulary word that describes prejudice discrimination or antagonizing directed against someone of a different race?

Racism

100

What is the term for the part of the plot where everything changes or turns?

Climax

100

What was the name of the dog in “The Last Dog”?

Brog

200

What store did the Logan’s Boycott?

The Wallace's Store

200

Who is the former slave that rerouted the Underground Railroad in 1850?

Harriet Tubman

200

What is the term for a person who rents farmland from someone and pays with a portion of their crops.

Sharecropper

200

What part of a narrative do you first learn about characters, setting and background?

Exposition

200

What is the name of one of Ms. Karahalis’s living Cats?

Maggie, Monkey

300

Who does T.J. blame for getting caught cheating on the test?

Mama and Stacey

300

What were two major reasons Emmett Till’s case stood out from other lynching cases?

His age, the brutality of his murder, the unjust trial, photo in the magazine shocked and outraged people.

300

What is a word that means injuries to one’s dignity; a lack of respect or insults?

Indignities

300

What is wrong with this citation?
‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’(King, 28).

Single quotes should be double quotes.

Corrected:"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"(King, 28).

300

What are synonyms and antonyms?

Synonyms are different words that mean the same thing, antonyms are different words that mean the opposite

400

Why did Papa have Mr. Morrison stay with the Logans when he was away working?

For Protection.

400

Why was the Underground railroad rerouted to Canada?

Because of the Fugitive Slave Act, Canada did not have legal slavery

400

What is a term we learned for seriously annoying someone in order to get them upset?

Antagonize

400

What is an independent clause?

A clause that can stand on its own.

400

What is Mr. Wheeler’s Dogs name?

Tucker

500

Who pushed Cassie in the road in Strawberry?

Mr. Simms.

Extra Point Why?

500

What was the name of the landmark case that made segregation of public schools illegal?

Brown v. The Board of Education

500

What term means that I am reluctant or unwilling to do something? I would rather do anything else.

Loath

500

What literary term has to do with the message of a story, what the author wants you to learn?

Theme

500

What was the name of the boy found in France and believed to be raised without human interaction?

Victor D’Aveyron