Big Joe's Funeral

What part of the plot reveals that Big Joe is actually having a live funeral?

• Exposition
• Conflict
• Climax
• Falling Action

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Infer why Peaches is so angry with Big Joe?

• Big Joe is rude to her and her mother.
• Peaches feels that Big Joe is wrong for having a funeral and he is not really dead.
• Peaches feels like Big Joe is mocking the death of her father
• Peaches is really in love with Big Joe

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Infer why the cops showed up assuming something was illegally happening at Joe's Funeral?

• That is how black people were treated by then.
• All black people were known for illegal activity.
• 145th Street was full of crime, so they had to be prepared.
• There was an anonymous caller that reported drugs in a coffin at Big Joes  

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Infer why Cassie wanted help to get her husband out of jail.

• She lied on him and her children were upset
• She loved him and she feels he did not mean to hurt her.
• Her children are angry with her for calling the police.
• She felt like it was all her fault on why he got arrested

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Which two words describe Joe's characteristic from the exposition to the resolution.

• Passionate/Caring
• Understanding/ Selfish
• Caring/Selfish
• Loving/Caring

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What was ironic about Cassie's behavior towards  her husband?

• Cassie was married to two men
• Cassie loved her husband
• Even though Cassie's husband beat her, she still loved him
• Cassie had her husband arrested  because she loved him

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Why did the cops arrive at the cemetary DURING the funeral? 

• Big Joe was actually a criminal and they arrested him.
  
• Peaches and her crew were digging up graves.
• Peaches and her crew were playing their boom box too loud.
• Leroy was selling drugs.

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What happened "about three thirty" the morning after Big Joe's Funeral? 

• Cassie called the police because her husband was beating on her.
• Big Joe actually died of a heart attack.
  
• Peaches vandalized Big Joe's car.
• Big Joe and Sadie got married.

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Which adjectives best describes Big Joe? 

• Crazy, insane
• Mean, cranky
• Generous, funny
  
• Boring, reserved
  

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Why was Peaches so intent on ruining Big Joe's Funeral?

• Big Joe and she used to date, and he cheated on her.
• She had a crush on Big Joe.
• Big Joe was mean to her and other people on the block.
• Big Joe was always asking her mom to marry him, and she thought he was a joke.

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