Mississippi Trial Chpt. 1-8 Practice Quiz

1. The opening quotation, “My dad hates hate” helps the reader to understand---

• Hiram’s father’s reason for moving far away from the southern states.

• Hiram’s father’s struggle with the hatred in the world.

• Hiram and his father did not see eye-to-eye.

• Hiram’s father’s decision to embrace racial segregation.

What can be determined by R.C.’s behavior with the catfish at the Yazoo?

• He and Hiram will be the best of friends.

• He wants to be a butcher at the local grocery store.

• His internal pain causes him to torment others.

• He enjoys fishing.

Why doesn’t Hiram tell his grampa how he really got wet at the Tallahatchie River?

• He didn’t want his grampa to know he didn’t like the new overalls he gave him.

• He was afraid grampa would worry about him swimming alone.

• He wouldn’t have approved of Hiram saving Emmett Till from drowning.

• He didn’t want grampa to think he was a little clumsy.

Why is Hiram ashamed when he leaves the river with RC?

• He did nothing while R. C. tormented Emmett Till.

• He didn’t catch any fish.

• He fell asleep at the dock and has nothing to show for his fishing trip to Grampa.

• He did nothing to defend himself against R.C.’s bullying.

Which quotation seems to demonstrate how Hiram's views softens about his father?

• “As much as I loved my good times with Grampa, I didn’t want them to be a substitute for what he should have done with dad when he was a boy.”

• "We figured when ya'll run out to Arizona, we'd never see you again."

• “My childhood memories with Grampa might be something, maybe one of the only things, Dad and I had in common…”

• “I made up my mind that when I got back to Tempe, I'd ask Dad about that"