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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Chapter 7 Pages 140 – 170

Getting It Straight

1. Uncle Hammer gave Stacey a winter ______. T.J. said it made him look like a ______.

2. When Mama asked Stacey to bring her the coat so she could take up the sleeves, Stacey confessed that he had given it to T.J. Mama and Big Ma want him to go get it back, but Uncle Hammer says to ______

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3. Uncle Hammer gives Stacey a ______that Cassie thinks is worse than Papa’s whippings.

4. Papa comes home the day before ______. He and Uncle Hammer tell stories of their childhood, telling the children that they would take ______from old man Ellis and chill them in the creek.

5. Later, ______comes over with a bag of ______as a present for the family, and a ______for Stacey. T.J. scoffs at the gift, and Stacey tells him to, “______.”

Delving In

Answer the questions on the lines below. Restate the question, and include quotations in your response as often as possible. Responses must be 2-3 sentences; spelling, grammar, and punctuation count. List page numbers to the right.

1.  Why was Uncle Hammer’s punishment much harsher and more humiliating that going to get his coat back from T.J. would have been? Do you think Uncle Hammer was justified in his response? Why or why not? Page #______

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2.  Papa tells Mama that the stories of the night men are things that the children need to hear about their history, and then Mr. Morrison tells the Logan’s about his family history. What happened to Mr. Morrison’s family, and why is it so important that he remember? Why might he want to share his story with the Logan children? Page #______

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3.  Turn the paper over for this question.

After church on Sunday, the Logan family has Christmas dinner and Jeremy comes to the house with his presents. Answer the following based on that scene from the book.

A.  Why did Papa tell Stacey that, “friendship between black and white don’t mean that much ‘cause it usually ain’t on an equal basis” and advise him that the cost of finding out if Jeremy is truly a friend is too much in Mississippi?

B.  Do you think that was good advice for the time?

C.  Do you think that Stacey should have taken Mama’s earlier advice and “not accepted things the way they are” instead? Why or why not?

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