The Logan Family
The Land & Setting
School & Inequality
Conflicts & Injustice
Characters and Clues
100

Cassie has three brothers. Name two of them.

Who are Stacey, Christopher-John, and Little Man (Clayton Chester)?


100

He visits for the holidays and drives a shiny new car identical to the Granger's, causing a stir.

What is Mississippi?

100

Why does Little Man refuse his textbook on the first day of school?

What is he sees the book is worn out?

100

What does the school bus driver do to taunt the Black children walking to school?

What is he intentionally drives fast and close to splash mud on them?

100

What is T.J. Avery known for?

What is he is known for cheating and getting others in trouble?

200

What is special about the Logan land that makes the family proud?

What is they own it?

200

When does the novel take place?

What is the 1930s, during the Great Depression?

200

What does Miss Crocker do after Cassie and Little Man protest the books?

What is she whips them both?

200

What do the children do to get revenge on the school bus?

What is they dig a ditch in the road so the bus gets stuck in the mud?

200

Why is Jeremy Simms unusual?

What is he is a white boy who walks to school with the Logan children out of friendship?

300

What is Papa's name, and where does he work much of the year?

Who is David Logan? What is he works on the railroad in Louisiana to earn money?

300

Who originally owned much of the Logan land before they bought it?

Who is the Granger family?

300

How do the Logan children travel to school while white children have a bus?

What is they walk several miles each day?

300

What are the "night riders" and what do they do near the start of the book?

What are they are white men who terrorize and burn Black families?

300

Why does Papa bring Mr. Morrison home?

What is he is hired to help and protect the family?

400

What is Big Ma's real name?

Who is Caroline Logan?

400

What does the red clay road do to the children's clothes on the way to school?

What is it covers them with red dust (or muddy red clay in the rain)?

400

What grade is Stacey in, and who is his teacher?

What is he is in the seventh grade. What is his teacher is his own mother, Mary Logan?

400

What happened to Sam Tatum?

What is he was tarred and feathered?

400

How does T.J. manage to get Stacey in trouble with Mama?

What is hee gives Stacey's stolen cheat notes?

500

Who is Hammer?

Who is Daddy's brother?

500

Who is the largest landowner and most powerful white man in the area?

Who is Harlan Granger?

500

What is the name of the Black school the Logan children attend?

What is Great Faith?

500

What do the Berry men have in common, and what happened to them?

What is they are Black men who were burned by white men?

500

What does Cassie notice about the history books that reveals racial inequality in the school system?

What is the condition chart in the front shows the books are given to Black schools only when they are 'very poor' and unusable?