CH 7 Questions MILCReeK PoND by KAY CARROLL

Where did Walter (Mr.) Neuman come from, and where did he stop, on his way to Grenada, Mississippi?

• Germany;

  Illinois

• Germany;

  S. Carolina

• Germany;

  N. Carolina

• Russia;

  N. Carolina

Name two reasons townspeople considered him to be an outsider.

• He wanted to be considered an outsider and told them so

• He lived outside of town in the woods alone and didn't come into town

• He talked rudely to everyone and acted superior

• He left his country to come to the “New World.” And

  didn't seem to take to the ways of

  people in the American South

What type of crops were grown in Mississippi?

• cotton, tobacco, corn, oats, and sugarcane; wheat

• rice, cotton, apples, peas, pears, watermelons

• pecans, oranges, apples, potatoes

• pomegranates and grapes

Who were the ostracized people hired to help build his house?

• Disabled Veterans

• Slaves and Poor

• Immigrants and Poor

• Indians and Free Blacks

How did he use the technology knowledge he learned in trade school in Hamburg, Germany?

Answer explanation

To build a state of the art mill and his showplace home

How did the townspeople refer to the local lake?

• Polluted

• Too Far Away

• Haunted

• Too Large

In 1858, who were the “ free ones?”

• The Chinese Immigrants

• The Choctaw

• Blacks who had never been slaves

• The Poor

What happened Sunday morning when Mr. Neuman showed up at Wilshire Southern Baptist Church?

• Mr. Neuman came early in order to keep from distracting the others

• The pastor stopped the sermon when he walked in.

• Nobody noticed the stranger who walked in late.

• Every head turned to take in the towering six-foot-two man with wavy golden hair and fiery blue eyes.

Who were Mr. Jackson and his daughters?

• Close friends of Mr. Neuman's from his homeland

• Mr. Neuman's neighbors with whom he felt forced to have dinner next Sunday

• The people Mr. Neuman hired to take care of his house

• Mysterious strangers

He believed the “Good Book” referred to _______ when it came to equality.

• Mainly Whites

• Everyone, but Indians

• Everyone, but blacks

• Everyone