Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ch. 1-6

1. "Always meticulously neat, six-year old Little Man never allowed dirt or tears or stains to mar anything he owned.  Today was not exception" (1).  The word meticulously in this sentence means?

• showing great attention to detail

• sloppy and careless

• worried

• young and naive

2. Based on the following passage, "There was little I could do in a dress, and as for shoes, they imprisoned freedom-loving feet accustomed to the feel of the warm earth" (3). Cassie would best be described as...

• showing great attention to detail

• free-spirited

• Fancy and loves to dress up

• a rule follower

3. Based on the following passage, " 'Look on the bright side,' said T.J. 'Jus' think of the advantage you've got.  You'll be learnin' all sorts of stuff 'fore the rest of us...' He smiled slyly" (5). What does T.J. want Stacey to do?

• Explain to his Mama that she should make easier tests this year

• Walk with him to school each day

• Help him study for tests

• cheat, by stealing answers from his Mama

4. Based on the following passage, " Ever since I had begun school, he had walked with us as far as the crossroads in the morning...He was often ridiculed by the other children at his school and had shown up more than once with wide red welts on his arms which Lillian Jean, his older sister, had revealed with satisfaction were the result of his associating with us.  Still, Jeremy continued to meet us" (9)." (5). What happens to Jeremy and why does it happen?

• He gets hit because he skips school

• He has to walk to school because he can't afford to take the bus.

• The Logans make fun of him because he chooses to walk with them instead of take the bus

• Other kids make fun of him, and he gets hit, for hanging with the Logans because they are black and he is white

5. All of the following show the ways in which the 1933 segregated (separate schools for black and white children) education system in Mississippi was based on unfair racist policies, EXCEPT..

• old, ripped, left-over school books

• no school bus for black students

• shorter school year so kids could work the cotton fields

• Mary Logan (Mama) was a teacher

6.  At the end of chapter 1, Cassie secretly watches her mom in her classroom.  Based on the following passage, what does Mama "understand"?                                  

 "I would wait until the evening to talk to her; there was no rush now.  She understood" (22).

• Mama understands why Little Man and Cassie were offended by the books offered in class.

• Mama understands why Little Man and Cassie don't want to go to school anymore.

• Mama understands why Little Man and Cassie were late for school.

• Mama understands why Little Man rejected to book because it was too easy.

7.  "But now, gazing upward at the most formidable-looking being we had ever encountered, we huddled closer to Papa. The man was a a human tree in height, towering high above Papa's six feet two inches" (25). In this description of Mr. Morrison, the word formidable means?

• an immigrant from a distant land

• Older and wiser

• Evil and devilish

• Impressively large and powerful in appearance

8. " 'Miz Logan,' said Mr. Morrison in a deep, quiet voice like the roll of low thunder..." (27).  What literary device is used to describe Mr. Morrison's voice? (side note: this comparison should remind you of something...)

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

9. At the end of chapter 2, why does Papa say, "In this family, we don't shop at the Wallace store" (30)?

• The store doesn't have the supplies that Papa thinks they need

• The Wallace and Logan family have a long history of family feuding

• the Wallace's have been mean to Papa, but the other adults don't know why

• the Wallace's are involved in the burning of the Berry's and the kids could get into trouble

10. "At first the rain had merely splotched the dust, which seemed to be rejoicing in its own resiliency and laughing at the heavy drops thudding against it; but eventually the dust was forced to surrender to the mastery of the rain and it churned into a find red mud that oozed between our toes..." (31). In this passage what literary device is used to describe the rain?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification