Root Definitions
This root means poison.
What is "tox"?
All-powerful.
What is "omnipotent"?
This root means "god".
What is "theo"?
An obsessive desire to set fire to things.
What is "pyromania"?
The state where ROTHMC takes place.
What is Mississippi?
This root means "belief"
What is "dox"?
Zooplankton
What are little aquatic organisms/"animals"?
This root means "female".
What is "gyn"?
Involving oxygen.
What is "aerobic"?
A white lawyer who supports and helps the Logan family.
Who is Mr. Jamison?
This root means "before"
What is "ante"?
All-knowing.
What is "omniscient"?
This root means "male."
What is "andr"?
A statement or situation that appears contradictory or absurd but may, in fact, express a truth.
What is "paradox"?
To save TJ and Stacy by distracting the community.
Why did Papa start a fire and burn down a lot of his own cotton plants?
This root means "fire"
What is "pyr"?
The period in history before the Civil War.
What is "antebellum"?
This root means "hidden".
Which is "crypt"?
A fancy way to say "a fireworks display"
What is "pyrotechnics"?
Historical Fiction
What is the genre of ROTHMC?
This root means "straight" or "correct"
What is "ortho" ?
The two Latin roots from list #6.
What are "omni" and "circum"?
This root means "not, without"
Which is "a"?
The word a pronoun stands in for or represents.
What is the "antecedent"?
Mr. Jim Lee Barnett (the shopkeeper of the mercantile) has died due to his head injury during the robbery.
What is the bad news for TJ at the end of the book?