Characters
Plot Points
Themes
Vocabulary
Conflicts
100

Who is the oldest of the Logan children? 

Stacey Logan

100

What is the definition of "the Climax?" 

The most suspenseful part

100

Which themes is this quote an example of?

"I braced myself and swept my arm backward, out of Lillian Jean's Reach. But someone caught it from behind, painfully twisting it, and shoved me off the sidewalk into the road. I landed bottom first on the ground. Mr. Simms glared down at me. 'When my gal Lillian Jean says for you to get yo'self off the sidewalk, you get, you hear?'" (114). 

Racism and Injustice

100

What word means: A loan made to a bank when large purchases such as homes or land or made and is paid over time

Mortgage
100

Cassie vs. Lillian Jean is what form of conflict?

Person vs. Person

200

Who is the kind, white attorney who is genuinely trying to help black families?

Wade Jamison 

200

What kind of information does the Exposition provide to the reader? 

Background information

200

Which themes is this quote an example of?

"'Look out there, Cassie girl. All that belongs to you. You ain't never had to live on nobody's place but your own and as long as I live and your family survives, you'll never have to. That's important. You may not understand now, but one day you will. Then you'll see" (7). 

Land as Independence 

200

What word means: A legal agreement between a land owner and tenant to rent out a piece of their land in exchange for a portion of their harvest?

Sharecropping

200

When Cassie is battling racism in her community, what form of conflict is this?

Person vs. Society

300

Who is hired by Papa to protect the Logan family?

Mr. Morrison

300

Where is the setting of this novel?

Mississippi during the Great Depression (1933-1934) 

300

Which themes is this quote an example of?

"Through the evening Papa and Uncle Hammer and Big Ma and Mr. Morrison and Mama lent us their memories, acting out their tales with stageworthy skills, imitating the characters in voice, manner, and actions so well that the listeners held their sides with laughter" (147). 

Family and Community

300

What word means: The end of a play/story/novel where all loose ends are tied up?

Denoument

300

When Stacey blames himself for Papa's broken leg, which form of conflict is this?

Person vs. Self (internal conflict) 

400

Who works in Chicago where he is treated equally and makes a lot of money?

Uncle Hammer

400

Who are the two main antagonists of the novel?

The Wallace Family and Mr. Granger

400

Which themes is this quote an example of?

“Baby, we have no choice of what color we're born or who our parents are or whether we're rich or poor. What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we're here.”

the importance of Equality for Everyone

400

What word means: The events that occur after the climax that lead to the resolution

Falling Actions

400

The Lynch Mob fighting the fire during the thunderstorm is what form of conflict?

Person vs. Nature

500

Who owns the store in Strawberry? 

Mr. and Mrs. Barnett

500

What is the climax of this story?

When the Logan farm catches fire in the storm.

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

Describe one moment from the novel that demonstrated the theme of "Racism and Injustice." 

500

What word means: The very first conflict to occur

The Initial/Inciting Incident 

500

When Uncle Hammer decides to sell his Silver Packard, what form of conflict is this?

Person vs. Society