Characters
The narrator of the story?
Cassie Logan
lagged
stagger behind, drag one's feet, linger behind others
Who did Papa bring home?
Mr. Morrison
What was the event that was the catalyst of The Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash.
Jim Crow Laws made what legal?
Racial Segregation
The youngest of the Logan children?
Clayton Chester (Little Man)
meticulously
Being very particular about things: precisely, careful, exactly.
What did the Logan's do to the bus of the Jefferson Davis School?
Dug a wide gully in the road where there had been a hole filled with water from the rain, so the bus tire would get stuck.
What was the agricultural change that made it difficult to grow any crops.
The Dust Bowl
An example of a Jim Crow Law is....
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Who was the most cautious and hesitant of the Logan children?
Christopher John
exasperation
exhaustion, fury, wrath, rage
What was the resolution of the plot in Chapter 1?
Mama glued paper covers over the part of the book that said the race of the students.
Who was president at the time of The Great Depression?
President Herbert Hoover
What was the group called against black rights?
Klu Klux Klan
Miss Crocker
mar
spoil, scar, blemish
What was the climax of Chapter 1?
Little Man refused to take the book Miss Crocker had given him and was spanked for stomping on it.
Who was the President Elected to get the country out of the economic crisis?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
What does segregation mean?
separating people
Stacey's best friend who was rather full of himself.
T.J. Avery
concession
to agree to or let them do something, particularly to end an argument or conflict
Describe the event Cassie witnessed from the front porch in the middle of the night?
The night riders pulled into her driveway and looked at the home before driving away.
What was the name of Roosevelt's plan to recover the economy? What are 2 parts of this plan?
The New Deal
What would happen to a White Person who might try to defend a Black American?
They would be tried and punished for disobeying e law. They could face fear of death.