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WorksheetsLay That Trumpet In Our Hands
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The protagonist in the novel is named
a)
Doto
b)
Reesa
c)
Ren
d)
Mitchell
2.
The future Supreme Court justice who appears in the book is
a)
Potter Stewart
b)
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
c)
Clarence Thomas
d)
Thurgood Marshall
3.
The McMahon family lived in modern day _______, the name of the town in the book was the fictionalized Plymouth, FL.
a)
Orlando
b)
Ocoee
c)
Sanford
d)
Apopka
4.
The person(s) most responsible for bringing down the KKK in the story were
a)
Reesa McMahon
b)
Marvin Wiley
c)
the local "CIA" women
d)
the NAACP
5.
The favorite baseball team of Marvin and his friends and family was the
a)
New York Giants
b)
Brooklyn Dodgers
c)
Homestead Grays
d)
Birmingham Black Barons
6.
Warren McMahon makes his living in the book by
a)
operating a citrus farm.
b)
running a hardware store.
c)
working at the post office.
d)
practicing law for the NAACP.
7.
The book is set in the
a)
1950s
b)
1960s
c)
1930s
d)
1920s
8.
Reesa's family was originally ________, and as she calls it were _______.
a)
Catholic; Yankees
b)
Jewish; New Englanders.
c)
Methodist; Cornhuskers.
d)
Baptist; Florida Crackers.
9.
The McMahon's are isolated in Plymouth because they are
a)
use dynamite on their farm.
b)
refuse to change their religion.
c)
friendly with black families.
d)
working for the NAACP.
10.
Doto gets her name from
a)
it was her nickname as a burlesque dancer.
b)
the nickname Marvin gave her when he was little and couldn't say Delores.
c)
a shortened version of her name Dorothy.
d)
her car, a DeSoto.
11.
The name of the author is
a)
Joyce Carol Oates.
b)
Harper Lee.
c)
Susan Carol McCarthy.
d)
Sandra Brown.
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