Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Study Sync Quiz

4. 4. What do we learn about the Logan family at the beginning of the story?

• Mama is a lady who worries  too much
• They are a African American family living in the south during the Great Depression

• Papa is going on vacation
• They are an African American family with a lot of money from the cotton fields

8. 8. Papa tells Stacey he is “born blessed” mainly because___________.

• A. he is able to work

• B. he has a family

• C. he has land

• D. he is a boy

6. 6. Which paragraph provides the first reference to the issue troubling Papa and his family?

• A. Paragraph 4

• B. Paragraph 6

• C. Paragraph 9

• D. Paragraph 11

2. 2. Audible means ________.

• Able to be heard
• Not able to hear
• Able to talk
• Not able to talk

13. What does the word imprisoned mean as it is used in the passage below?

15. "I released the firefly imprisoned in my hand and sat beside Papa and Stacey on the steps."

• A. confined

• B. flying

• D. growing

• D. flapping

5. 5. What pressures is Cassie's family under?

• Papa has lost his job
• They are under financial pressure to pay taxes and the mortgage
• Wallace has said the Logan's can't shop at his store anymore
• Mama and Papa are fighting

9. 9. Papa’s feelings toward Mr. Avery and Mr. Lanier are best described as_________.

• A. disappointed

• B. anger

• C. relief

• D. understanding

3. 3. What does the word "overshadow" mean as used in the following sentences: "...that oak and walnut, they're a lot bigger and they take up more room  and give so much shade they almost overshadow that little ole fig."

• The oak and walnut will kill the fig
• The oak and walnut are bigger than the fig and the fig dies
• The fig is no less important than the oak or the walnut
• The fig is bigger than the oak and walnut

7. 7. Which sentence from the following passage best supports the idea that the family is upset by Mr. Avery’s news (paragraphs 24-26)?

Mr. Avery cleared his throat nervously. “It’s—it’s that list I come ’bout, David. . . . I don’t want them things no more.”

The porch grew silent.

When no one said anything, Mr. Avery glanced at Mr. Lanier, and Mr. Lanier shook his head and continued. “Mr. Granger making it hard on us, David. Said we gonna have to give him sixty percent of the cotton, ’stead of fifty . . . now that the cotton’s planted and it’s too late to plant more. . . . Don’t s’pose though that it makes much difference. The way cotton sells these days, seems the more we plant, the less money we gets anyways—”

• A. “Mr. Avery cleared his throat nervously.”

• B. “The porch grew silent.”

• C. “’Mr. Granger making it hard on us, David.’”

• D. “’Don’t s’pose though that it makes much difference.’”

6. 12. Which passage from the last paragraph of the excerpt most directly supports the answer to Question 11?

• A. “Papa looked down at me and brought me closer…”

• B. “‘You see that fig tree over yonder, Cassie?’”

• C. “'…it belongs in that yard as much as that oak and walnut.'”

• D. “‘We keep doing what we gotta, and we don’t give up.’”