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100

What is the shoe store that doesn’t let Ella Mae try on shoes called?

Johnson’s Shoes

100

What is Ella Mae’s brother’s name?

Clayton.

100

Is Ella Mae fictional?

Yes.

100

On the second page of New Shoes, what color is the dog?

Golden (If you said yellow you are also correct)

100

At school while Ella Mae and Charlotte are talking, what  are the girls in the background doing?

They are jumping rope

200

What color shoes does the other girl try on?

Red

200

How is Charlotte related to Ella Mae?

They are cousins.

200

segregation was strongest in what cardinal direction?

South

200

What color shoes does Charlotte want?

she wants red shoes

200

What color shoes does Charlotte hold up after she finishes buffing it?

Red.

300

What color is charlotte‘s dress while Charlotte and Ella Mae are standing outside the shoe store?

Pink

300

Who’s shoes does Ella Mae’s brother get?

Winslow’s shoes.

300

Until what year were many places in America segregate?

Mid 1960’s

300

What color is the moms outfit on the second page?

Light blue

300

What color is Ella Mae and charlotte’s barn?

Red 

400

Along with mama’s bag, what is mama holding in the shoe store?

An umbrella.

400

What is the dog’s name?

Trick question! It doesn’t say.

400

What year was the Civil Rights act?

1965

400

at the begging of New Shoes there is a pair of shoes on a shoe box. What color is the box

red

400

When Ella Mae and her mom are leaving Johnson’s, they pass a store. What color is the door?

Green

500

What day is it when Ella Mae nd her mom go into the shoe store?

Saturday 

500

What is the mom’s name?

Trick question! It doesn’t say.

500

When is “New Shoes“ set.

The 1950’s

500

when Ella Mae and her mom are in the shoe store waiting for the other girl to Finnish, what color is the girl’s dad’s shoes?

dark blue


500

What number is the store Ella Mae and her mom walk by after they go to Johnson’?

3030