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Quizzes for the book "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry"
Chapters 1-3
Write True or False for the following statements.
1. Cassie and her brother and sisters live with
their extended family including their grandmother who is a
sharecropper and their mother who is principal of the black elementary
school.
__________
2. The school bus revenge was conceived by T.J.
and Stacey.
_____________
3. The black school described in the book was given
worn-out, dirty textbooks no longer used by the white schools.
______________
4. The setting of the story is rural Mississippi
in 1933.
_________________
5. The night riders are symptomatic of the racism
in the novel's time and location.
____________________
Chapters 4-6
Fill in the blanks in the following five sentences.
1. Cassie was off color after the school bus revenge because she was__________________________________________.
2. Mother whipped Stacey because____________________
_________________________________________________.
3. Mama proposes working against the Wallaces by________
__________________________________________________.
4. Cassie declared her day in Strawberry the cruelest
day in her life because____________________________________
_________________________________________________.
5. Hammer is angry because__________________________
________________________________________________.
Chapters 7-9
In a sentence or two write your understanding of the
details or characters. Use complete sentences and thoughts.
1. Stacey's new coat
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
2. Christmas feast
_____________________________________________
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3. buying on credit
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
4. fig tree
_____________________________________________
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