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100
He returns to Greenwood because Grampa has a stroke.
Who is Hiram?
100
"I hated Dad when he acted like that, like some kind of born-again crusader out to protect everybody's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This quotation contains what type of figurative language?
What is an allusion?
100
This character talks in circles. During a conversation with him, Hiram learns his grandfather was involved in Emmett Till's kidnapping.
Who is Ronnie Remington?
100
This character says, "If he'd stayed in his place, he'd be alive today, and believe me son, I truly wish none of this had happened."
Who is Grampa?
100
The narrator uses this point-of-view to tell the story.
What is first person point-of-view?
200
Grampa does this because he doesn't want anything to trace him to Emmett Till's kidnapping and murder.
What is sell his truck?
200
"That pulled my trigger, and there was no stoppin' me" is an example of this type of figurative language:
What is metaphor?
200
He says, "For a long time I thought I did, but then I realized that no matter how wrong or bad or stubborn your father is, he's still your father. I sure didn't like the things he did and said, and frankly, lots of times I didn't like him, but he's my father, and he loved me, and for that I love him."
Who is Harlan?
200
This group meets to discuss segregation and keeping African-Americans "in their place."
What is the White Citizen's Council?
200
The author uses this to emphasize racial tension in the novel.
What is the setting?
300
He humiliates Emmett by forcing him to eat fish guts.
Who is RC Rydell?
300
"He looked mad enough to chew tar." This is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is idiom?
300
He is a round and dynamic character.
Who is Hiram?
300
She is a tragic figure. Her father is abusive alcoholic and her brother is always in trouble with the law.
Who is Naomi?
300
He is accused of whistling at Mrs. Bryant.
Who is Emmett Till?
400
Grampa says this will embarrass him, so he doesn't want Hiram to do it.
What is testify at the trial?
400
"He threw his arms around my neck and clamped on like a two-ton crawdad." This quotation contains an example of what type of figurative language?
What is simile?
400
He is a round and static character.
Who is Grampa?
400
How do we know that the trial will not be fair?
What is: there was an all male, all white jury; African Americans were forced to sit separately; the defense attorney mocks & belittles the black witnesses; the deputies only bring in water for the whites; Sheriff Strider yells at the African Americans waiting to enter the courthouse, but not the whites.
400
This is the novel's genre.
What is historical fiction?
500
Why can't Bryant & Milam ever be retried for the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till?
What is double jeopardy, or you can't be tried for the same crime twice?
500
" . . . but I knew Ralph was an egg or two short of a dozen." This is an example of an:
What is an idiom?
500
These two brothers are examples of flat characters.
Who are Ralph and Ronnie Remington?
500
He says, " . . . maybe God put different kinds of people on earth so we could all learn to get along. Ever think about that?"
Who is Mr. Paul?
500
These three characters spend the novel in conflict with each other over beliefs about race relations.
Who are Grampa, Harlan, and Hiram?