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Worksheets"Roll of Thunder" FINAL Exam Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 17mins
Who is the AUTHOR of the novel?
Mildred D. Taylor
Cassie Logan
Harper Lee
Kekla Magoon
The novel takes place in:
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
Missouri
When is the novel set?
During the Civil War
During Reconstruction
During the Great Depression
During the Civil Rights Movement
Who is the NARRATOR of the story?
third-person point of view
Mama Logan
Mildred D. Taylor
Cassie Logan
What constantly bothers the children on the way to school?
The passing school bus
The river they must cross
The harsh wind
The lack of shoes
The main reason Little Man refused the textbook given to him by Miss Crocker was:
the book was dirty, and “condition very poor” and “nigra” were written on it
he didn’t like that they were studying slavery
he didn’t want to learn to read
he was trying to annoy his teacher because she made fun of him
When Little Man reads the inside cover of his book, what does he do?
He flings it on the floor and stomps on it
He knocks it off his desk and ignores it
He throws it at the teacher and starts to cry
He adds his name to the list of names in the front
What is it that Miss Crocker thought the Logan children most needed to learn?
how to read
what their place in society is
how to follow school rules
how to control their tempers
Why does Cassie’s school start in October while the school for white children started in August?
Laws stated that black children had to start school later.
Her school building was old and needed lots of repairs during the summer.
Families needed children to help at home until all the cotton was harvested.
Their school did not have air conditioning, so they stated when the weather was cooler.
What is the name of the white children’s school?
Great Faith
Benjamin Harris
Wallace
Jefferson Davis
What is Mr. Logan’s occupation?
year-round farmer
railroad worker
blacksmith
sharecropper
Who is the white boy who walks to school with the Logans?
Jeremy
R.W.
Melvin
T.J.
How do the children sabotage the school bus?
They fill the engine with sawdust
They take the air out of the tires
They dig a ditch and fill it with water
They cover the seats with mud
Where does Papa work when he is away from home?
on a railroad in Louisiana
as a farmhand in the Delta
in a coal mine in Memphis
in a steel mill in Pennsylvania
When Papa announces that Mr. Morrison will be staying with them, why are the children so surprised?
Papa hates having other people stay with them.
Papa has never brought anyone to stay with them before.
Papa does not have any friends.
Mr. Morrison does not look like he will be able to help them very much.
Which of the Logan children resents Mr. Morrison at first?
Cassie
Little Man
Stacey
Christopher-John
After the bus gets stuck in the ditch, the driver…
tries to repair the motor with the help of the WAllaces
catches the Logan children in the woods
has his passengers push it out of the mud
sends the students home and leaves the bus until the rain stops
Who are the victims of the burnings caused by the Wallaces?
the Logans
the Averys
the Berrys
the Grangers
What grade does Mama teach?
Fifth
First
Tenth
Seventh
Where are the Logan children not allowed to go?
the Wallace store
the Monteir plantation
the Avery house
the Great Faith school
At Barnett’s Mercantile in Strawberry, what does T.J. admire?
a pearl necklace
a Packard
a pearl-handled pistol
a shotgun
How does Cassie try to get the attention of the racist store clerk in Strawberry?
she shouts at him
she tugs on his sleeve
she flashes her money
she raises her hand
What does T.J. do in school that Stacey takes the blame for?
He forges a doctor’s note
He steals a book
He fights another student
He makes a cheat sheet
After Stacey confessed to fighting at the Wallace store, what did Mama do?
she whipped him
she took him to see Mr. Berry and the burns caused by the Wallaces
she forced him to go apologize to the Wallaces
she told Stacey he couldn’t be friends with T.J. anymore
Why does Stacey get a whipping from his mother?
she thinks he went to the Wallace store
she thinks he sabotaged the school bus
she thinks he beat up T.J.
she thinks he cheated on a test
Why does Cassie know that Lillian Jean will not tell her father about Cassie beating her up?
Lillian Jean is too shy
Lillian Jean would never hurt Cassie
Cassie knows Lillian Jean won’t admit to having associated with her
Cassie knows all of Lillian Jean’s secrets
Why does Mama not want people to shop at the Wallace store?
Their prices are too expensive
Their store is too far away
The Wallaces allow bad things to happen at their store, and they have hurt several black people
They allow children to fight there
Where do the Logans and 30 other families decide to shop, in order to boycott shopping at the Wallace store?
Pittsburgh
Vicksburg
Strawberry
Wallington
Who surprises Stacey by giving him a flute at Christmas?
Uncle Hammer
T.J. Avery
Jeremy Simms
Papa
What item of clothing has Uncle Hammer bought for Stacey?
a coat
a belt
a top hat
a pair of gloves
What does Uncle Hammer drive?
a silver Packard
a car like the Wallaces’
a blue Honeycomb
an old wagon
What happens to Stacey’s new coat?
He gets it muddy
It’s stolen from him at school
He loses it at the Wallace store
He gives it to T.J.
Who does Big Ma transfer ownership of the plantation to?
Uncle Hammer
Harlan Granger
Mama
Uncle Hammer and Papa
Why do the children stop being friends with T.J.?
He helps get Mama fired
He hangs out with the Simms brothers
He lights their cotton on fire
He steals a gun
What happened on the night that the Wallaces ambushed Papa, Stacey, and Mr. Morrison coming back from Vicksburg?
The wagon’s wheel broke
Papa broke his leg
Papa was shot
All of the above
What does Uncle Hammer do to help pay off the loan?
He helps out with the farm
He sells his car
He sells some of the land
He sells his home in Chicago
Which character has the shortest temper?
Mr. Morrison
Uncle Hammer
Big Ma
Harlan Granger
What do Melvin and R.W. take T.J. to do in Strawberry, instead of buying him a pistol like he expected?
Spy on Mr. Morrison
Kidnap Stacey
Rob a store
Bury a body
What did R.W. and Melvin do to T.J. after their trip to Strawberry?
They beat T.J. up
They tell him he’s unimportant and they aren’t actually friends
They drop him off at the Logans’ house
They force him to steal out of his own home
The Logan property is divided from the Granger property by what?
an oak tree
a stream
a dirt road
a large boulder
When the Logan family’s cotton field catches fire, what does everyone initially assume was the cause?
a lightning strike
the mob set it
T.J. Avery set it
Papa set it
How does the fire in the Logan family's cotton field actually start?
a lightning strike
the mob set it
T.J. Avery set it
Papa set it
T/F: Little Man loves to get dirty, and secretly likes getting splashed by the bus every day.
True
False
T/F: The Simms boys were true friends to T.J. Avery
True
False
T/F: In Strawberry, Big Ma parked the wagon of produce at the rear of the field because the spots near the entrance were for whites only.
True
False
T/F: The reason Mr. Morrison came to live with the Logans was to give the Logans extra rent money.
True
False
T/F: Jeremy Simms tried to be a true friend to the Logan children.
True
False
T/F: In order to earn money to pay taxes on the land and pay off the loan, Papa Logan works out of state on the railroad.
True
False
T/F: T.J. was saved from the lynch mob because Little Man distracted them by asking innocent questions.
True
False
T/F: The Logan children call the local police the “Night Men.”
True
False
