Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Chapters 1-6 Review

What significant historical event occurs at the same time as the novel takes place?

• World War I
• World War II
• The Great Depression
• The world's fair

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does the Logan land symbolize?

• freedom
• peace
• love
• family

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the author's purpose for giving so much background about the land, taxes, and Papa on the railroad crew?

• Taylor wanted to emphasize the struggle a black family faced owning land during this time period.

• Taylor wanted to included information about the Civil War and Reconstruction.

• Taylor wanted to emphasize how sharecroppers worked land during the depression.

• Taylor wanted to explain the process of owning land in Mississippi during the Great Depression.

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Where does this book take place?

• North Dakota

• Alabama

• Mississippi

• Tennessee

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

In what year does this book take place?

• 1945

• 1933

• 1830

• 1890

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who is the author of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry?

• John Logan

• Richard Wright

• Mildred D. Taylor

• John Steinbeck

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What literary device is used?

Before us, the sun-splotched road wound like a lazy red serpent...

• Idiom

• Hyberbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What literary devices are used?

Little man turned around and watched saucer-eyed as a bus bore down on him spewing clouds of red dust like a huge yellow dragon breathing fire.

• metaphor/simile

• personification/simile

• personification/hyperbole

• idiom/personification

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1