Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Pages 117 – 130
Getting It Straight
Stacey tells Cassie not the ______Big Ma for what happened in Strawberry.
The silver Packard at the Logan’s house didn’t belong to Harlan Granger, it belongs to ______.
Uncle Hammer gets angry when he hears what Mr. Simms did to Cassie, and he tells Mama that he’d be “______” if he’d knocked Lillian Jean down.
Mama tells Cassie that in Strawberry, Big Ma did what she had to do and didn’t ______.
Mama explains to Cassie that even though seventy years have passed since slavery, most white people still ______.
Delving In
Discuss the following questions with your partner. Answer them on the lines below remembering that responses must have at least 2 SENTENCES.
1. Why do you think Uncle Hammer wanted to buy the exact same car as Harlan Granger?
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2. Why does Mama send Mr. Morrison after Uncle Hammer when he leaves the house?
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3. What is the lesson that Mama is trying to teach Cassie on pages 127-130?
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Pages 130 -139
Getting It Straight
Cassie hoped that Uncle Hammer would take them to church in his ______.
Mr. Morrison talked all night to Uncle Hammer until he got tired and wouldn’t ______.
Uncle Hammer gave Stacey his Christmas present early, and it was a new ______.
T.J. told Stacey that his new coat made him look like a fat ______.
After church Uncle Hammer took the family on a ______the full 22 miles to ______.
Delving In
Discuss the following questions with your partner. Answer them on the lines below remembering that responses must have at least 2 SENTENCES.
1. Why does Stacey think that Uncle Hammer could’ve been killed last night?
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2. What reason does T.J. have to make fun of Stacey’s new coat?
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3. Why does Mama say, “One day we’ll pay for it” on page 139?
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Pages 140 - 150
Getting It Straight
Mama asks Stacey to go get his coat so that she can fix the sleeves, but ______.
When Big Ma tells Stacey to go get his coat back, Uncle Hammer says that if Stacey’s not smart enough to hold on to a good coat then he ______,
Around midnight, Cassie wakes up and sees that ______has come home.
When Mr. Morrison was young, the night men came to his house and ______.
Delving In
Discuss the following questions with your partner. Answer them on the lines below remembering that responses must have at least 2 SENTENCES.
1. What do you think of the lesson Uncle Hammer taught Stacey?
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2. Predict what you think will happen between Cassie and Lillian Jean.
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3. What does Papa mean when he says, “It’s their history” on the bottom of page 148?
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Pages 150 - 158
Getting It Straight
Cassie wakes to find the adults discussing how to get people to stop shopping at ______. Uncle Hammer would rather ______.
Big Ma is worried that if they back other people’s credit, they’ll lose their ______.
The Logan children receive ______for Christmas.
There was a timid knock on the door, and it was ______. He brought ______for the family and a ______for Stacey.
Papa tells Stacey that ‘Friendship between black and white don’t mean much ‘cause it usually ain’t on a ______.
Delving In
Discuss the following questions with your partner. Answer them on the lines below remembering that responses must have at least 2 SENTENCES.
1. Do you agree with Big Ma that backing other people’s credit would be dangerous?
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2. Why are the books such a special gift? Would you be that excited if you got books this Christmas?
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3. What is your opinion about what Papa said to Stacey about being friends with Jeremy Simms?
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Pages 158 - 170
Getting It Straight
______, ______, and ______get into the Packard to go to Vicksburg.
Big Ma signed the ownership of the land over to ______and ______.
______offers to back the credit for the other families in Vicksburg because he worries if the Logan’s do it with their land, they’ll ______it.
Mr. ______pays a visit to the Logan’s to talk about shopping in Vicksburg. He threatens Papa and Uncle Hammer that if they go through with it their ______payment might end up being due.
Delving In
Discuss the following questions with your partner. Answer them on the lines below remembering that responses must have at least 2 SENTENCES.
1. Why do you think Mr. Jamison offers to back the 30 families’ credit?
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2. What is Mr. Granger’s threat?
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3. Why does Mr. Granger even care about families shopping at Vicksburg instead of shopping at the Wallace store?
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