Characters
This person is a 10-year-old girl who would rather run barefoot in the fields than go to school.
Cassie
Where and when does Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry take place?
Mississippi, 1933
The teenagers decided to _______ outside of a Walgreens at night.
a) admonish
b) scoff
c) loiter
d) defiant
Loiter
This event was the practice of owning humans (most famously black people) as property to do work and deprived of basic rights and freedom.
Who is the author of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry?
Who is Mildred D. Taylor?
This person is meticulously neat, excited to go to school, and stamped on a book when the book was not new and nice-looking.
Little Man
Why were the Logan children so mad at a school bus?
The school bus purposely kept getting their clothes dirty.
She was so _________ in her book that she didn't hear the phone ring.
a) defiant
b) discreet
c) flippant
d) engrossed
engrossed
This event, called "Black Thursday," made people lose a lot of money and led to bank failures, and unemployment.
The Stock Market Crash of 1929.
How many acres of land do the Logan family own?
400 acres
This person came to the Logan house with Papa after getting into a fight and losing his job.
What did the Logan children do to the school bus?
They dug a hole/ditch in the middle of the road so the bus would break down.
a) discreet
b) monotonous
c) disfigured
d) pensive
This historical era involved rebuilding the South after the Civil War and integrating former slaves into society after they got freedom.
What is Little's Man real name?
Clayton Chester Logan
This person is Stacey's best friend who tries to cheat and get answers to tests from Stacey.
T.J.
What did Cassie see in the middle of the night at her house?
A car with white men in it carrying shotguns.
The coach had to __________ the players because they were not listening to him.
a) admonish
b) scoff
c) flippant
d) loiter
admonish
These laws were put into place to segregate (separate) white and black people in various areas of society.
Jim Crow Laws
Who is T.J.'s little brother?
This person walks part of the way to school with the Logan children but does not go to school with them.
Who is Jeremy?
Name the place where T.J and Stacey fought with each other.
The Wallace store
She was very careful and ______ when sharing the confidential information with police.
a) pensive
b) amiable
c) discreet
d) flippant
discreet
A period of severe dust storms that destroyed crops in the Great Plains due to drought and bad agricultural practices.
The Dust Bowl
What is the name of the school that the Logan children go to?
Great Faith Elementary School