Roll of Thunder: Chapters 1-2 and Vocabulary

morose

• sad and gloomy

• unaware

• dangerously unstable

• extreme; drastic

As Gene rapidly ate his dinner, he seemed _____ to the taste of the burnt food.

• radical

• insolent

• oblivious

• immobilized

precarious

• a facial expression showing pain

• rude; disrespectful

• very particular, even snobby

• dangerously unstable

Abolishing slavery was a _____idea to many Southern plantation owners.

• summon

• grimace

• radical

• insolent

Grimace

• to call in an official matter, such as to attend court

• a facial expression showing pain

• very particular, even snobby

• showing extreme care about small details; precise

"To call in an official matter, such as to attend court"

• summon

• morose

• insolent

• persnickety

When chapter 1 begins, what is the setting?

• In a small house in Mississippi in 1933.

• On a sharecropping plantation in Mississippi, 1976.

• On a dusty road in Mississippi, 1933.

• On a dusty road in Missouri during the Civil War.

This character is a teacher who is calm and strategic. She loves her children but is also firm.

• Big Ma

• Henrietta Toggins

• Miss Crocker

• Mama

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which description best fits Little Man? (Chapter 1)

• Six-years-old and loves to get dirty.

• Six-years-old, very particular about his appearance.

• Seven-years-old, short and pudgy.

• The narrator of the novel, bad attitude, hates school.

Who is the narrator of the novel? (Chapter 1)

• Stacey Logan

• Christopher-John Logan

• Little Man Logan

• Cassie Logan