Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Chapter 1 and 2

1.

Multiple Choice

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Why was Little Man lagging behind (Chapter 1)

He was afraid to go to school for the first time.

He was studying the plants and insects along the road.

He was being careful not to get his clothes dirty.

He had a sore foot and couldn't walk as fast as the other.

2.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Why was Stacey in a bad mood? (Chapter 1)

He was repeating 7th grade.

He didnt like beingin charge of walking the younger children to school.

He hated school because he still couldn't read.

His mother was going to be his teacher, and he didn't want to be in her class.

3.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

What made Papa need to find work? (Chapter 1)

He was no longer strong enough to do the farming.

The price of cotton had dropped, and money was short.

He wanted to get away from the noise of the children.

He needed extra money to take the family to visit his brother in Chicago.

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What happened to the Berrys? (Chapter 1)

They were burned when a white man set fire to them.

They lost most of their crops to insects.

They drowned while trying to cross the river.

The owner of their land evicted them.

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How did T.J. get out of his punishment? (Chapter 1)

He told his mother he had been studying with Stacey.

He cried and promised he would be better from now on.

He told his mother that he had gone to the Wallaces' store to get his brother Claude.

He talked to his father into taking his side against his mother.

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who is Jeremy? (Chapter 1)

A black neighbor and friend of the Logan children.

A rich white boy who taunted the Logans.

A black orphan who lived with the Logans.

A shy white boy who liked to walk to school with the Logans.

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of these statements describes Cassie? (Chapter 1)

She is a fourth grade student who despises dressing up and sticks up for her own rights.

She is a 7th grade student who is very belligerent and is in constant conflict with her [arents and teachers.

She is a 5th grade student who is very shy and rarely speaks to anyone.

She is a first grade student who is bright and learned to read at an early age.

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was new and exciting about this school year? (Chapter 1)

The black students would go to school as long as the white students.

This was the first year the black students had books other than the Bible.

The black and white students would be going to the same school.

The black students would have their own bus.

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why did Cassie and Little Man refuse to take their readers? (Chapter 1)

In the front of the books, the black students were called "nigra." THe books were handed down from the white school and were in poor condition.

The had seen dead bugs in the readers and were afraid to find more.

They were embarressed to admit they couldnt read.

They were afraid Big Ma would whip them for reading anything but the Bible.

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How did Mary Logan react to Daisy's news about the children's refusal to accept the books? (Chapter 1)

She beat them both for being disrespectful to a teacher.

She yelled at Daisy for daring to hit her children.

She politely dismissed Daisy's anger because she understood her children.

She cried and begged Daisy not to tell the principal.

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Describe Mr. Morrison. (Chapter 2)

He was short, nervous man.

He was tall and intellectual.

He was of average height and rather heavy.

He was tall and formidable.

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why did Papa hire Mr. Morrison? (Chapter 2)

He felt sorry for him.

He want him to tutor his children.

He wanted him to build an extra room on the house.

To help farm the land while Papa was gone.

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What did Mr. Morrison tell the Logan's about his past? (Chapter 2)

He had never went to school.

He had been fired from his last job for beating up a bunch of white men.

His wife and children left him and went to New York.

He used to be a drunkard, but now he had stopped drinking.

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How did the congregation feel about the burnings? (Chapter 2)

They were glad. They thought the people got what they deserved.

They were upset but felt the law was taking care of things properly.

THey were angry and made a plan to attack the whites.

They were digusted and felt that not enough was being done about it.

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why didn't Papa want the children to go to the Wallaces' store? (Chapter 2)

People went there to drink and carouse. He also doesnt like Wallaces.

Papa thought that dancing and music were sinful.

The store was too far from home.

The Wallaces were a resoected family in the community and he didnt want his children to embarrass him.

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

“‘Well, since y’all don’t seem to know nothin’,’ [he] said, in his usual sickening way of nursing a tidbit of information to death, ‘maybe I ought not tell y’all. It might hurt y’all’s little ears.’” (Pg. 9)

Who is talking?

Mr. Morrison

Claude

Jeremy

T.J.

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

“He was often ridiculed by the other children and had shown up more than once with wide red welts on his arms which…were the result of his associating with us. Still [he] continued to meet us.” (Pg. 14)

Who is being talked about here?

Mr. Morrison

Claude

Jeremy

T.J.

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

“…she was considered…a disrupting maverick.” (Pg. 30)

Who is being talked about here?

Miss Crocker

Mama

Big Ma

Lillian Jean

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

“But [he] only smiled in that sickly way of his and I knew that he had. He was more afraid of T. J. than of his mother.” (Pg. 12)

Who is she talking about?

Mr. Morrison

Claude

Jeremy

T.J.

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

"The man was a human tree in height, towering high above Papa's 6 feet 2 inches. The long trunk of his massive body bulged with muscles..." p34

Who is being talked about here?

Mr. Morrison

Claude

T.J.

Jeremy

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