Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Final Review

What T.J. values more than anything is

• a good job

• the love of his father

• the good opinion of Mr. Jamison

• a pearl-handled pistol

Big Ma signs the land over to Uncle Hammer and Papa because

• her husband tells her to do so on their 35th anniversary.

• she is afraid Uncle Hammer will forget the land and stay in the city.

• she is afraid that her sons might be cheated out of land by Mr. Granger.

• she is afraid Mr. Morrison might make a claim on the land.

The child who is the most particular about his appearance is

• Stacey

• Cassie

• Christopher-John

• Little Man

He has gotten back all the land but the 400 acres owned by the Logans.

• Mr. Granger

• Mr. Jamison

• Mr. Wallace

• Mr. Morrison

At the story's beginning the greatest anger and problem to the four Logan children is

• the unbearably hot weather

• the white school's bus

• the Wallace's store

• the hot road on their bare feet

Little Man is very upset on his first day of school when his teacher

• calls him a bad name

• passes out the books

• says that he is stupid

• will not let him read

Mrs. Logan, the children's mother, is a

• former opera singer

• teacher

• maid at the Granger house

• secretary

Near the beginning of the book, it is obvious that Stacey's friend, Moe Turner values

• material success

• good times

• education

• helping others

The parents do not want the children to go to the Wallace's store because

• there is drinking and smoking

• there is dancing and gambling

• the Wallaces do not respect black people

• all of the above

Stacey feels responsible for

• his father's broken leg

• his mother's losing her job

• the fire in the cotton field

• T.J. getting into trouble