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Section 1-2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
100
Doing your best and striving to stay alive.
What is the theme of section 1?
100
A large portion of air, a large body of water moving in a certain direction.
What is a current?
100
She is a maid. She works for the Deets. Her dream is to go to college and one day own a hair shop.
Who is Luvenia? What her ultimate goal and her dream?
100
Tommy was offered to skip his last year of high school to enter college early for basketball.
What did Mr. Chase offer Tommy?
200
A walkway or boulevard.
What is a promenade?
200
It was given to them after slavery.
How did the family get the field?
200
The
new
negro and the
old
negro.
Who are the two types of blacks in Chicago, according to Luvenia?
200
He is Tommy's close friend. He was bitten by a snake and taken to the hospital because he might be poisoned.
Who is Skeeter Jackson and what happens to him? Where did they take him and why?
300
An inner part of something (boat, ship, etc.)
What are bowels?
300
They are losing their land and they are having to give their crop away.
What conflict is happening with the field currently?
300
They don't believe in her and that she could achieve her dream of going to college to do hair and they treat her like she doesn't belong.
How do Mr. and Mrs. Deets treat Luvenia?
300
He chained himself because it brought back history of the first Lewis family from two hundred years ago.
Why did Tommy chain himself?
400
It was a scary, hungry, tired free, but she was free.
What does freedom mean to Lizzy?
400
He had joined the army and had died in the Vietnam War. She married Richard Lewis.
What happened to Lem from the previous section? Lizzy?
400
They want Luvenia to act like she was pregnant just so they can drive their dad's car. They said she has "female trouble".
What crisis is Luvenia in that Katie wants her to help her with?
400
He said they didn't come with keys, and that he wanted to keep himself in the shackles.
What did Tommy tell the sheriff after he asked for the keys?
500
Their dreams, bodies, goals, and arms.
What is crowded in the dark hold with the captives?
500
They are treated as if they were slaves again, and that they weren't human, and that they don't belong in the world.
How does the sheriff treat Elijah and Abby?
500
She loses her job because Mr. Deets knew she was caught up in their lie and he really did think she had female trouble.
How does this plan backfire on Luvenia?
500
Being a Lewis means something. To Tommy, it doesn't mean anything unless he gave it a meaning.
According to Jennie, what does being a Lewis mean? What does it mean to Tommy?