Roll of Thunder: Ch. 1

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 Cassie

• looking for the school bus that would drive past them

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 isn't a nice place

• the school is beautiful and has lots of space

• they were so excited for school

• the white children went to a poor school too

Which description best describes T.J Avery?

• a white boy who is rather annoying

• a younger brother of Cassie's

• a friend of the Logans who is kind and has good manners

• an African-American boy from a sharecropping family

Why does Little Man stomp on the new textbook?

• he hates his new teacher

• the books are old and dirty, used by white children before him

• white kids were making fun of him

• the books smell bad and he is picky about his belongings

After Miss Crocker tells Mama how she disciplined Little Man and Cassie, what does Mama do?

• she glues paper to the inside cover of the books

• she calls Cassie and Little Man in to whip them again

• she claims she will call the School Board to get new books

• she yells at Miss Crocker for whipping her children

According to T.J, what happened to the Berry family?

• white men killed the entire family

• they were moved off of Granger land

• white men set their house on fire

• they were sent to work on the railroad

What is the setting of the novel?

• 1990, Mississippi

• 1865, Alabama

• 1930, South Carolina

• 1933, Mississippi

Through what point of view is the novel told?

• Third-Person (Omniscient Narrator)

• First-Person (Cassie)

• First-Person (Mildred Taylor)

• Second-Person (Cassie)

In the novel, words like "y'all" and "ain't" are examples of a(n)...

• language

• dialect

• accent

• slang

Where is Cassie's dad at the beginning of the novel?

• working on the railroad

• working at the Wallace store

• working in the fields

• working on Harlan Granger land