Chapter 3 Roll of Thunder

What had happened to the weather?

• It had gotten hotter

• It was snowing

• It was really rainy

• Nothing

What did the kids REALLY have to worry about as they walked to school?

• Bullies

• The rain

• The Jefferson Davis bus running them over

• The Jefferson Davis Bus drenching them in water

What is Little Man realising even more in this chapter?

• That he doesn't like getting dirty

• That TJ is annoying

• That white children have more advantages than coloured children

• That he lives really far from school

What advice does Mama give to Little Man?

• Try to get your own back on white people

• Find a different route to school

• Ignore it

• Get yourself a good education

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

"It was as if the bus was were a living thing." What language technique is used here?

• Alliteration

• Verb

• Simile

• Foreshadowing

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Who comes up with the plan to get back at the bus driver and the white kids on the bus?

• TJ

• Stacey

• Cassie

• Little Man

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Who was most worried about the plan and din't really want to do it?

• Little Man

• Cassie

• Stacey

• Christopher-John

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What did the children do to get back at the bus driver?

• Told their teacher

• Hid in the trees and threw mud pies at the bus

• Dug a trench so that the bus got stuck in it

• Stole the keys to the bus

When the bus got stuck, what did all of the white kids have to do?

• Wait for their parents to pick them up

• Walk home

• Push the bus out of the mud

• Wait for another bus

Which is the best word to describe how Cassie and her siblings felt at the end of this section?

• Happy

• Gratified

• Angry

• Overwhelmed

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CCSS.RL.5.2