Where in the United States does this story take place?

• Idaho

• Texas

• Mississippi

• New York

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

From whose point of view is the story being told?

• Melvin

• Jeremy

• Mr. John Wallace

• Rudine

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Why were the menfolks sitting around down at the Wallace store?

• It was too wet and muddy to farm.

• The chores had all been completed for the month.

• The men ate lunch with Mr. John Wallace.

• The menfolks worked at the store.

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

What color was the hat Rudine wanted to try on?

• Yellow

• Pink

• Purple

• Blue

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Who was allowed to try on the hat?

• Miz Hattie

• Grace-Anne

• Rudine

• Cassie

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

What brought Josias down to the Wallace Store?

• He wanted to purchase some candy.

• He wanted to catch the bus.

• He was buying seed.

• He was selling milk.

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

Why did Josias say, "I ain't got me no lumberin job! I was jus' sayin' that, poppin' off my mouth, trying' t' be big!

• He didn't want the men to know where the jobs were.

• He wanted to be perfectly honest about things.

• He was hoping Mr. Wallace would feel sorry for him and give him a job at the store.

• He was scared of what the white men might do.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was different about the Logans compared with most black folks?

• They owned their own land.

• They were sharecroppers.

• They didn't have a car.

• They were friends with white folks.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why wouldn't Big Ma sit in the seat Cassie had picked out for her?

• She didn't want to sit next to the aisle.

• She wanted to sit by Rudine.

• She knew blacks must go to the back.

• She wanted to make her own decisions.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why did Big Ma insist her grandchildren leave once she was on the bus?

• She most likely was afraid the white people at the store would treat them poorly.

• She probably wanted the milk delivered to Miz Georgia quickly.

• She most likely knew their mother was waiting for them at home.

• She probably didn't want them to get soaking wet in the rain.

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1