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Mildred Taylor
What is the setting (place and time) of the story?
Missisissippi, 1930s
True or False: Uncle Hammer sold his car.
True
What makes the Logan family unique among black families in their area?
They own their own land.
Which character narrates the book?
Cassie Logan
Why are Little Man and Cassie so upset by their textbooks?
The condition is marked "very poor" and is labeled for "negra"
Who had a car like Harlan Granger?
Uncle Hammer
Who are the Wallaces?
What happens to Papa on the night trip back from Vicksburg?
He got shot and broke his leg
What is Mama's occupation?
She teaches the seventh grade.
What is Mr. Jamison's profession?
Lawyer
What do the Logans do to take revenge upon the bus?
They dig a large hole for it to fall into
Most of the families of Great Faith have this job.
What is sharecropping?
Who is the only white man in the story who treats the black community with respect?
Mr. Jamison
Why does Big Ma make Cassie apologize to Lillian Jean Simms?
-to avoid trouble
-to prevent Cassie getting further punishment from whites in Strawberry
Why was Mr. Morrison fired from his railroad?
He beat up some white men on the job.
by telling Stacy he looks like a "fat preacher"
A flute
Why does Mr. Granger want the Logan land?
It used to belong to his family.
What job does Papa have to help pay for taxes?
Working on the railroad
Who did Big Ma sign the land over to?
Why were the Simms brothers not recognized when the rob the store?
(Be specific)
They wore masks and gloves
Why did Big Ma not want Cassie to tell Uncle Hammer what happened in Strawberry?
Because Hammer has a horrible temper and could get himself in trouble.
She was afraid Hammer would seek revenge.
Who really killed Mr. Barnett?
R.W. Simms
Once TJ lost his black friends he befriends...
R.W. and Melvin Simms.
Who backed the Vicksburg shoppers with credit?
Mr. Jamison
What time-period is the novel set during?
(not the year, the name of the period)
The Great Depression
Who was the teacher that whipped Cassie and Little Man on the first day of school?
Miss Crocker
Where is the shop that the Logan's and 30 other families decide to patronize (buy things), in order to boycott the Wallace store?
Vicksburg
“And it came to me that this was one of those known and unknown things, something never to be spoken, not even to each other.”
What is the “known and unknown thing?”
Papa started the fire