Roll of Thunder: Chapter 4

Why were Stacey and TJ fighting at the Wallace Store?

• Stacey had finally had enough of Tj's bad attitude.

• Cassie threatened to tell Mama about Tj's lies.

• Stacey had taken the blame for the cheat notes and got whipped.

• TJ and Stacey were pretending to fight to get attention.

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Who stated the following quote about the fight between TJ and Stacey?
"Sometimes a person's gotta fight, but that store ain't the place to be doing it."

• Mr. Morrison
• Papa
• Willie Wiggins
• Cassie

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When Stacey assures Mr. Morrison that he will tell his mother about his trip to the Wallace store, Stacey...

• acts foolish

• demonstrates his maturity

• tries to fool Mr. Morrison

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Mr. Granger continues to ask Big Ma...

• to sell her land to him

• to buy additional land from him

• to take on sharecroppers

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Why did Mr. Morrison not tell Mama about the children being at the Wallace Store?

• He believed it was Stacey's responsibility to be honest with his mother.

• The Logan children begged him not to tell on them.

• Mr. Morrison was unconcerned about the activities of the children.

• Mama already knew what had happened.

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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

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

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When Papa saw us, he began running swiftly, easily, like the wind.

• Metaphor

• simile

• personifiction

• onomatopoeia

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“Miz Logan,” said Mr. Morrison in a deep, quiet voice like the roll of low thunder...

• metaphor

• simile

• personifiation

• hyperbole

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Why did Mama take the children to see the Berry's?

• She wanted them to meet their grandchildren.

• Mama took them to show the children the dangers of being around the Wallace's.

• Mama wanted them to see the Smellings Creek area.

• Mama was angry with the children and wanted to force them to ride for two hours.

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Why did Mama stop and visit many black families on their way home from seeing the Berry's?

• She wanted the children to come to school more regularly.

• Mama spoke to the families about their children's grades in 7th grade.

• She wanted to convince them to stop shopping at the Wallace Store.

• She hoped that she could convince them to help the Berry's.

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