MT55 Test Review

Which character talks to Hiram about Jim Crow Laws and explains the differences between white and black schools?

• Grampa

• Harlan

• Mr. Paul

• Ruthanne

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which witness does Hiram admire most?

• Carolyn Bryant

• Chester Miller

• Mr. Breland

• Willie Reed

Answer explanation

Hiram knows that as a young black man from Mississippi that Willie Reed will have to move away after the trial.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The only time Hiram could remember his father and Grampa getting along was when

• His father moved away.

• Hiram had the chicken pox.

• Gramma passed away.

• they attended church together.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

If the truth was revealed, Grampa was concerned that

• Hiram would be arrested.

• his past with the Ku Klux Klan would be known.

• Hiram would embarass him.

• he would lose his seat on the city council.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Hiram was concerned about Grampa's health when

• he saw Emmett's parents enter the courtroom chambers.

• a witness mentioned seeing Emmett in a blue Ford pickup.

• he stumbled from his seat and fell face down on the floor.

• the judge asked for the witness to point to the murderer.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The White Citizen's Council stated that

• all people, regardless of color, were equal.

• black and white schools should be separated.

• income determined a person's social rank.

• black people should have more rights.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

R.C. forced Emmett to _______ to teach him a lesson in humility.

• run on broken glass

• ride a white cow

• wear a dress

• eat raw fish guts

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Hiram and Grampa were worried when they read that

• approaching hail wuld destroy their crops.

• Emmett had been kidnapped by two white men.

• the Remingtons had a cross burned in their yard.

• people from New York were moving into town.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

R.C. refused to eat the lunch Ruthanne packed because

• he wouldn't eat food prepared by a black person.

• he didn't think she was a good cook.

• she didn't know food spoiled in hot weather.

• she had threatened to secretly poison him.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When he returned to Arizona, Hiram

• refused to talk about hte trial.

• talked with his father about Grampa.

• wrote a long letter to Ruthanne.

• put a picture of Grampa beside his bed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1