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Roll of Thunder, Chapters 3 and 4

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The weather plays a part in the plot within this chapter.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

The walking children are concerned about the approach of the Jefferson Davis School bus.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

T.J. helps the others dig the trench.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

What did the kids REALLY have to worry about as they walked to school?

a)

Bullies

b)

The rain

c)

The Jefferson Davis bus running them over

d)

The Jefferson Davis Bus drenching them in water

5.

What is Little Man realising even more in this chapter?

a)

That he doesn't like getting dirty

b)

That TJ is annoying

c)

That white children have more advantages than coloured children

d)

That he lives really far from school

6.

What advice does Big Ma give to Little Man?

a)

Try to get your own back on white people

b)

Find a different route to school

c)

Ignore it

d)

Get yourself a good education

7.

Who comes up with the plan to get back at the bus driver and the white kids on the bus?

a)

TJ

b)

Stacey

c)

Cassie

d)

Little Man

8.

Who was most worried about the plan and would have rather stayed to eat lunch?

a)

Little Man

b)

Cassie

c)

Stacey

d)

Christopher-John

9.

What did the children do to get back at the bus driver?

a)

Told their teacher

b)

Hid in the trees and threw mud pies at the bus

c)

Dug a trench so that the bus got stuck in it

d)

Stole the keys to the bus

10.

When the bus got stuck, what did all of the white kids have to do?

a)

Wait for their parents to pick them up

b)

Walk home

c)

Push the bus out of the mud

d)

Wait for another bus

11.
Mr. Wallace opens up his back room for the older students from Great Faith School to
a)
Study
b)
Drink and dance
c)
Work for extra money
d)
practice singing
12.
The Night Men were looking for
a)
The children who made the trench that damaged the bus
b)
Mr. Tatum who called Mr. Barnett a liar
c)
Mr. Morrison who works for the Logans
d)
Mr. Yardley who works on the railroad
13.
Mama whips _________ for cheating in her class.
a)
Little Willie Wiggins
b)
Moe Turner
c)
TJ
d)
Stacey
14.
Who stated the following quote about the fight between TJ and Stacey?
"Sometimes a person's gotta fight, but that store ain't the place to be doing it."
a)
Mr. Morrison
b)
Papa
c)
Willie Wiggins
d)
Cassie
15.
What was the real reason Mama took the children to see Mr. Berry?
a)
To be nice to an elderly man
b)
To share news of the community
c)
To give him dinner
d)
To show them what the Wallaces were capable of doing
16.
On the way home from the Berry's home, Mama stops at the homes of some of her students to
a)
Take them muffins for working hard
b)
collect donations
c)
To ask that the family's children not be allowed to go to Strawberry
d)
 speak of the bad influences of the Wallaces
17.
Cassie likes ___________ because he was the only white man to address Mama and Big Ma as "Missus" and he always gave her a straight answer without an pussyfooting around business.
a)
Mr. Jamison
b)
Mr. Granger
c)
Mr. Avery
d)
Mr. Wallace