Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry- Chapters 7-9

Even though Cassie sees Lillian Jean after the incident in Strawberry, why does she not do anything to her?

• Cassie knows Papa will beat up Lillian Jean when he gets home.

• She is afraid of Lillian Jean.

• She knows Papa will tell her how to best handle the situation.

• She already has a plan of how to get revenge on Lillian Jean after Christmas.

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Why does Mama not want people to shop at the Wallace store?

• Their prices are too expensive.

• Their store is too far away.

• The Wallaces allow bad things to happen at their store and they have hurt several black people.

• They know that T.J. goes there and they don’t want Stacey fighting T.J. there ever again.

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How do Cassie and her family most likely feel when they see Jeremy at the door on Christmas Day?

• excited

• humored

• sad

• surprised

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After the conversation with Mr. Granger, you can tell that Papa ___________.

• does not trust Mr. Granger

• wants to kill Mr. Granger and all his relatives

• will invite Mr. Granger over to his house very soon

• is afraid of Mr. Granger

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What is Cassie’s goal when she politely talks to Lillian Jean and offers to carry her books home?

• She wants to ask Jeremy on a date.

• She wants to become lifelong friends with Lillian Jean.

• She is truly sorry for the confrontation with Lillian Jean in Strawberry and deeply desires forgiveness from her.

• She wants Lillian Jean to trust her and tell her lots of secrets.

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Why was T.J. so upset when he left school after the test?

• He found out that Cassie was being nice to Lillian Jean.

• He found out that Cassie’s mom had been fired.

• He thought Cassie’s mom made the test too hard and should have given him a break, even though he was cheating.

• He was upset Stacey would no longer go with him to the Wallace store.

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There are several reasons why Mama was fired. Which is NOT one of them?

• Mama told people not to shop at the Wallace store.

• Mama taught that slavery was bad, even though that was not in the

  textbook.

• Kaleb Wallace wanted her to come work at Jefferson Davis school because

  she was such a good teacher.

• T.J. told Kaleb Wallace lots of things about Mama.

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After talking with Mr. Avery, why does Papa tell Stacey that he is very blessed?

• Their family is blessed to have so many children.

• They have so many huge trees all around their yard.

• They were able to plant more cotton thanks to Mr. Morrison being there.

• They own their land, which means that as long as they can pay their taxes, no one can make them leave.

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When Papa, Stacey, and Mr. Morrison were traveling back home, both back wheels broke off the wagon at the same time. Why did Papa then suspect that someone was coming after them?

• It is very unlikely for two wheels to break at the same time unless someone messed them up.

• Papa noticed someone following them the whole way home.

• Papa knew that T.J. probably wanted to get back at Stacey for not talking to him anymore.

• It was impossible for them to break because they just bought new wheels in Vicksburg.

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Why does Stacey feel guilty for Papa’s broken leg?

• He feels like if he stayed home, then nothing would have happened and Papa would have arrived home safely.

• He was not able to hold Jack when he got spooked by the gunshots, which caused Jack to pull the wagon over Papa’s leg.

• Stacey accidentally parked the wagon on a hill and then it rolled over Papa.

• He feels like he should have known how to fix Papa’s leg when it broke.

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