Name ____________________________________________ Pd. _________ Date ____________ Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Study Guide for Test (June 2) Directions: Select the best answer to each of the questions below. Write your answer choice on the line provided. ____1. Little Man is very upset on his first day of school when his teacher a. calls him a bad name b. passes out books c. states he is stupid d. will not let him read aloud ____2. At the story’s beginning, the cause of the greatest anger and indignity to the four Logan children is a. the weather b. the white children’s school c. the Wallace store d. the white children’s school bus ____3. The genre of this novel is realistic/historical fiction. The major historical event that is the backdrop of this novel : a. the Civil War b. the Great Depression c. World War I d. the Civil Rights Movement ____4. This character has gotten back all of his land except for the four hundred acres owned by the Logans. a. Mr. Granger b. Mr. Jamison c. Mr. Wallace d. Mr. Morrison ____5. Big Ma signed over the land to Uncle Hammer and Papa because a. her husband tells her to do so on their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary b. she is afraid Uncle Hammer will forget about the land and take up “city ways.” c. she is afraid her sons could be cheated out of the land after she dies d. she is afraid that Mr. Jamison will make a claim on the land ____6. Why does the author include the story about Uncle Hammer passing the Wallaces on the bridge? a. It shows how polite Uncle Hammer is – tipping his hat to Mr. Wallace as they pass on the bridge b. It shows how the Logans are willing to accept the Wallaces even if they are prejudice c. It uses comic relief to show how Uncle Hammer was not willing to accept the Wallaces’ prejudice d. It shows what a troublemaker Uncle Hammer really is by putting his family at risk ____7. At the bridge, the Wallaces stop and let Uncle Hammer’s Packard cross the bridge before their truck because a. They are afraid of Uncle Hammer b. They think the bridge is about to collapse c. They respect Uncle Hammer d. They think Uncle Hammer’s car is Harlan Granger’s car ____8. When Uncle Hammer first returns to visit the family, what is the overall mood? a. Excitement b. Fear c. Uncertainty d. Distrust ____9. Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing as used in the story? a. Mama tells Uncle Hammer that someday they will pay for his trick on the bridge b. Big Ma tells Papa that they would not give up the land, no matter what c. Big Ma seeing Mr. Jamison about the mortgage papers while she is in Strawberry d. Papa brings Mr. Morrison to stay with and take care of his family ____10. Which of the following is the best example of the theme of friendship? a. Mama covering the offensive word with paper in the front of the textbooks b. Cassie carrying Lillian Jean’s books for her c. Papa bringing Mr. Morrison home with him d. Jeremy giving Stacey a Christmas present ____11. Which of the following incidents shows that the Logan children do not accept racial prejudice? a. They refused to walk to school any longer b. They would not walk to school with Jeremy Simms c. They refused to go to Strawberry again d. They refused the books from the white schools ____12. Which of the following relationships exhibits social injustice and prejudice? a. Mama and Big Ma b. Stacey and Jeremy c. Lillian Jean and Cassie d. T.J. and Stacey ____13. Why did Big Ma make Cassie apologize to Lillian Jean in Strawberry? a. Big Ma knows that Lillian Jean’s father was right to make Cassie be obedient b. Big Ma didn’t want Mama finding out about the trouble in Strawberry c. Big Ma feared what might happen to the family if Cassie didn’t apologize d. Big Ma did not want Christopher-John and Little Man learning bad habits from Cassie ___14. Big Ma takes Cassie to the area of the farm known as the “Caroline”. The reader learns about how Big Ma and Paul Edward met, fell in love and purchased the land. This literary device is known as a. flashback b. foreshadowing c. narrative hook d. exposition ____15. What is the most likely reason Mr. Granger did not want the Logans shopping in Vicksburg? a. He, too, was afraid of what Mr. Wallace might do to the Logans b. He was concerned that the Logans would not be able to pay the bills for the sharecroppers c. He was afraid the Logans would lose their land because the Logans could not pay the mortgage or taxes d. He did not want any trouble from the Wallace and he didn’t want the Logans causing more problems. ____16. What is the overall tone the night that Papa, Stacey and Mr. Morrison return from Vicksburg? a. Excitement b. Anticipation c. Fear d. Adventure ____17. Which of the following characters was the least likely to show prejudice to the Logans? a. Mr. Granger b. Mr. Wallace c. Mr. Barnett d. Mr. Jamison ____18. What is the best meaning of the following quote that Papa told Cassie, “Ain’t nobody’s respect worth more than your own”? a. Cassie needed to learn to accept everyone, black or white, regardless of what they did to her b. People need to respect themselves first before they can earn the respect of others c. Cassie could only learn to respect herself if she apologized obediently to Lillian Jean d. Papa would show what respect was by begging the school board to give Mama her job back ____19. The person who backs the credit in Vicksburg for the sharecroppers is A. B. C. D. Mr. Jamison Mr. Granger Uncle Hammer Papa and Mama ____20. What incident foreshadows Mama’s firing from her teaching position at school? a. Ms. Crockett telling Mama she has defaced school property and could get in trouble b. Mama’s whipping of Stacey for having the cheat notes c. Stacey and Cassie widening the hole that caused the broken axle on the white children’s bus d. Cassie initially refusing to obey Mr. Simms and apologize to Lillian Jean ____21. What is the most likely reason that the author includes a thunderstorm the night T.J. is arrested? a. It foreshadows that something awful will happen b. It shows that the south gets many storms in the springtime c. It emphasizes how evil T.J. really was d. It proves the setting is nighttime ____22. What does the reader learn about the cause of the fire in the cotton field? a. Mr. Granger started it to ruin the Logan crop so he could get the land back b. R.W. and Melvin start the fire so that the night riders won’t find T.J. c. Lightening struck the fence post and the field caught on fire d. Papa started the fire to distract the night riders from the Avery house ____23. How could Papa’s actions best be described the night the Avery family was being beaten? a. b. c. d. Cowardly Clever Patient Forgiving ____24. Why does the author include the poem, “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry”? a. It shows that lightening really cause the fire in the cotton field b. It shows the determination of the Logans and blacks to not let prejudice get them down c. It was the last song T.J. learned at the Great Faith school d. It shows slavery was acceptable at this time in the south ____25. The night riders do not hang T.J. because a. Mr. Granger feels sorry for T.J. b. Papa begins firing his rifle over their heads c. Mr. Morrison beats up some of the night riders d. The fire begins in the cotton fields ____26. In the closing paragraph, why does Cassie cry for T.J. and the land? a. She finally understand what prejudice can do to a person or family b. She really like T.J. and feels it is partly her fault that he was shot at the Mercantile c. She knows T.J. will be hanged for killing Mr. Barnett d. She knows her family will lose their farm to Mr. Granger because of the fire ____27. The two main themes of this novel are: a. the wrong of social injustice and the importance of family b. good v. evil and the value of friendship c. the importance of owning land and protecting it d. the value of a good education and the difficulties of poverty
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