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Directions: Answer the following guiding questions as you read Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. You do not have to answer the questions in complete sentences, butgive specific textual evidence.Write down the chapter and page number where you found the answer!!! These questions will be your study guide for the book test!

Chapter 1

  1. What news did T.J. tell Cassie and her brothers?
  1. Why didn’t these children have a bus to take them to school?
  1. Why did Jeremy’s older sister, Lillian Jean, beat Jeremy?
  1. The school was given "brand new" books. Why were they soiled?
  1. Why didn’t Cassie and Little Man want their books?
  1. Why didn’t Miss Crocker get upset by the condition of the books?

Chapter 2

  1. Whom does Papa bring home with him? Where did Papa meet this man, and why was he fired?
  1. What do the children overhear after church? How do they react?
  1. How is the Logan home described? What does this tell you about the family?
  1. What did Papa demand the children swear to? Why?

Chapter 3

  1. Why was Little Man always getting angry and frustrated?
  1. How did Stacey plan to get revenge? What was the outcome of his revenge?
  1. What danger were Cassie and her brother in?

Chapter 4

  1. What did the "men in the night" do to Mr. Tatum? Why?
  1. What did Stacey do to help T. J. from getting into trouble? What does this tellyou about Stacey’s character?
  1. How did Stacey get caught cheating and what happened to him?
  1. Why did Stacey and the others go to Wallace’s Store when they knew theywould get whipped if they got caught?
  1. What did Stacey decide to do after Mr. Morrison picked the children up at Wallace’s store? Why?
  1. Why does Harlan Granger haunt the Logans to sell their land to him?
  1. Why did Mama bring the children to the Berry’s?
  1. Why did Mama want the sharecroppers and the farm owners to shop in Vicksburg? What was the sharecroppers’ concern?

Chapter 5

  1. List the events that happened in Strawberry which exposed Cassie to the realities of racism.
  1. What did Stacey tell Cassie when they left the store about Mr. Barnett?
  1. Describe the incident with Jeremy’s sister Lillian Jean.
  1. How was Cassie rescued from Mr. Simms?
  1. What feelings do you think Cassie had toward the way she was treated by Mr. Simms?

Chapter 6

  1. Who was Cassie angry at and why?
  1. Why does Uncle Hammer make a visit?
  1. How did Uncle Hammer react to Cassie’s experience in Strawberry?
  1. How did Mama explain to Cassie about…"how things are"?
  1. What is the lesson that Mama teaches Cassie about respect?
  1. What happened with Uncle Hammer?
  1. During a Sunday drive near the Wallace’s Store, what did Uncle Hammer say that shocked the family?

Chapter 7

  1. After Uncle Hammer found out that Stacey "gave" his coat to T.J., what lesson did Uncle Hammer teach as he reprimanded Stacey?
  1. What happened in Mr. Morrison’s childhood?
  1. What did Mama want to do to stop the Wallace’s from destroying young black children’s lives and to protect the black families income?
  1. What did Papa say about friendship between blacks and whites?
  1. Mr. Jamison, the lawyer, offered to help out the thirty black families. How?
  1. Mr. Jamison says that killing a black man is of a "minor consideration". Why?
  1. What did Papa mean when he said, "I want these children to know we tried, and what we can’t do now, maybe one day they will." ?
  1. How did Mr. Granger threaten the Logans?

Chapter 8

  1. How is Cassie "Uncle Tomming" (Miz) Lillian Jean? Why do you think she isdoing this?
  1. What lesson did Papa give to Cassie about respect?
  1. What was the trick that Cassie played on Lillian Jean?
  1. Mr. Granger, Kaleb Wallace, and a school board member came to watchMama

teaching. What was the outcome and why? Was there any "hiddenagenda"?

  1. How did Mr. Morrison plan to help the Logans? What was Papa’s response?
  1. What did Little Willie Wiggins tell Stacey about Mama?
  1. What do you think T.J. means when he says, "Got me better friends than y’all! They give me things and treat me like I’m a man and…and they white too…"?

Chapter 9

  1. Why doesn’t Jeremy like his older brothers?
  1. What news did Mr. Jamison bring to Papa?
  1. Why did Mr. Avery and some other sharecroppers decide not to shop at Vicksburg?
  1. What would happen if the sharecroppers were put into a chain gang?
  1. What happened to Papa when he and Mr. Morrison went to Vicksburg?

Chapter 10

  1. Why didn’t Papa want to borrow money from Uncle Hammer?
  1. Why does Stacey blame himself for Papa’s broken leg?
  1. How did Mr. Morrison show his great strength in front of the children?
  1. What did Jeremy tell Stacey that T.J.’s been up to?
  1. What news did Mr. Morrison bring back after paying the mortgage in Strawberry?
  1. Where was Papa going to get the money to pay off the mortgage?
  1. Why did Papa dismiss the court system as a means to stop Mr. Granger?
  1. Why did Uncle Hammer walk to the revival?
  1. Why was it better that Uncle Hammer return to Chicago?
  1. On the last night of the revival, T. J. showed up with the Simmes brothers. What seems to be their relationship? What did they promise T.J.?

Chapter 11

  1. Describe what happened to T.J.
  1. Why did Stacey help after what he’s done to Mama?
  1. After Stacey, Cassie, Christopher-John, and Little Man brought T.J. safely home, what happened?

Chapter 12

  1. After Cassie told Papa the ugly details of what happened to T.J. and his family, what did Papa mean when he said, "I’ll do what I have to do, Mary…and so will you…"?
  1. After Papa and Mr. Morrison left in search for Stacey, what happened to the cotton?
  1. Who helped put out the fire and how was the fire stopped?
  1. What happened to T.J. once the fire broke out?
  1. What news did Mr. Jamison bring about Jim Lee Barnett and what are the implications for T.J.?
  1. What was the secret that must never be told? Why?