Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

What is Little Man most concerned about while he is walking to school on the first day?

• getting to school on time

• keeping his clothes neat and clean

• keeping up with his sister

• looking for the school bus that would drive past him

When Cassie says "The Great Faith Elementary School....was a dismal end to an hour's journey" what does she want the reader to know?

• the school does not look very nice

• they usually don't take so long to walk to school

• they were all very dirty when they arrived to school

After school, Miss Crocker tells Cassie's mom that she and Little Man did not want their books. How does Cassie's mom feel about that?

• she is extremely angry with her children

• she agrees with her children that the books are unacceptable

• she yelled at Miss Crocker for punishing them

• she thinks their school has plenty of other quality supplies

What was Big Ma concerned about at the beginning of chapter 2?

• there was not much cotton to pick

• Stacey was not able to climb the poles

• Cassie had to climb up a pole to pick cotton

• She was worried about Papa's safety

Why did the white men first start messing with John Henry?

• that gas station was only for white people

• they had been fighting with John for a long time

• they thought he was going to attack them

• they heard that John had been flirting with a white woman

After John was killed, Henrietta told the sheriff what happened. What did the sheriff do?

• he told Henrietta she was a liar and she should go home

• he immediately arrested the men who killed John

• he looked for the people who killed John, but could not find them

• he acted like he was listening to Henrietta, but then did nothing

Why does Stacey say they should be hidden when the bus comes?

• they do not want to get dirty from mud splashing onto them

• they do not have time to wait around for the bus

• they do not want the bus driver to know that they dug the ditch

• they do not want to see Jeremy on the way home

Why are Cassie and her brothers so worried?

• they are afraid of getting in trouble for listening to the adult conversation and not going straight to bed

• they are afraid of getting sick because it is so cold at night

• they are afraid of Mr. Avery

• they are afraid that white men know they dug the ditch and will hurt their family

Why was Cassie so scared when she saw the cars in her driveway at night?

• Cassie's mother would be ale to see her out of bed and punish her

• the white men would wake everyone up

• the white man would do something bad to her family

• the car would get stuck in the mud at her house