What did T.J. say in response to the storekeeper's question?

What does Mr. Barnett do after filling the white woman's order?

What does Mr. Barnett tell Stacey to do?

What does Cassie say to Mr. Barnett in retaliation?

What is the meaning of "humiliate" as used in the text?

What does the word "amble" mean?

How does Cassie end up on the ground?

What is Cassie's initial reaction to Mr. Simms' demand?

What does the crowd question about Cassie?

As the thunderstorm approached, Billy ___________ his brow in confusion.

The forest was ________ with all sorts of animals, from birds to squirrels to deer.

When hers had prevailed and Jack had settled into a _______ trot, she replied moodily, “Mr. Avery come by after y’all was asleep last night wanting T.J. to go to Strawberry to do some shopping for a few things he couldn’t get at the Wallace store.

T.J., however, was surprisingly _________ when he settled into the wagon; I suppose that at three-thirty in the morning even T.J.’s mouth was tired.

His endless talk made me wish that he had not managed to _________ his way so speedily back into Stacey’s good graces, but Big Ma, her face furrowed in distant thoughts, did not hush him.

“Them’s white folks’ wagons, Cassie,” Big Ma said __________, as if that explained everything.

She pulled out a long manila envelope, checked inside, then _________ put it back again.

After several minutes of watching farmers in faded over- alls and their women in flour-sack-cut dresses ___________ under the verandas, T.J. said, “Why don’t we go on down to the mercantile and look around?”

“Hush, Cassie,” said Stacey, looking very embarrassed and uncomfortable. T.J.’s face was totally _______, as if nothing at all had happened.

“I already know what I am!” I _____________. “But I betcha you don’t know what you are! And I could sure tell you, too, you ole—”