Chapter 2 Test ROT

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

• 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.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

While Cassie was picking cotton, she saw two men walking along a road. Which sentence shows the moment when Cassie realized one of those men was her father?

• There was in the easy fluid (walk) of the shorter man a familiarity that made me gasp.

• I squinted, shadowing my eyes from the sun.

• As the men rounded a curve in the road, they became more distinct.

• I had moved to the very top of my pole and could now see above the field to the road where two figures, one much taller than the other, were walking briskly.

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

When Papa says that Mr. Morrison will be staying with them, Cassie notices that 'If Mama and Big Ma were surprised by Papa’s words, they did not show it.' What does this mean?

• Mama and Big Ma were afraid of Mr. Morrison.

• They already knew about this or realized this was happening when they first saw Mr. Morrison, so this news did not surprise them.

• They were thinking of how much help Mr. Morrison would be on the farm.

• They were mostly worried about Papa losing his job too.

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

When Papa announces that Mr. Morrison will be staying with them, why are the children so surprised?

• Papa hates having other people stay with them.

• Papa has never brought anyone to stay with them before.

• Papa does not have any friends.

• Mr. Morrison does not look like he will be able to help them very much.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

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.

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Besides seeing his family, why did Papa come home for two days?

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What did Mr. Morrison tell the Logans about his past?

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why didn't Papa want the children to go to the Wallaces' store?

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1