Study Guide Questions Chapter 5 Chapter 6

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryBy Mildred Taylor
Chapters 5 6

• Study Guide QuestionsChapter 5Chapter 6
• Vocabulary Review

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Chapter 5
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Chapter 5 Question 1

• Why was Cassie disappointed in Strawberry?
• Cassie had expected Strawberry to be a big,
  bustling city. Instead, it was a sad, red place
  with hardly anything modern.

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Chapter 5 Question 2

• 2. Why did Big Ma park her wagon away from the
  entrance?
• The spaces closest to the entrance were reserved
  for white peoples wagons.

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Chapter 5 Question 3

• Why did Cassie like Mr. Jamison?
• Mr. Jamison was the only white man who had ever
  called Big Ma missus, and he always answered
  her questions in a direct manner.

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Chapter 5 Question 4

• What made Cassie yell at Mr. Barnett?
• Cassie resented the fact that Mr. Barnett waited
  on the white customers before he waited on her.
  She understood that perhaps adults should be
  waited on before her since she was a child, but
  when Mr. Barnett waited on a white girl, that was
  the last straw.

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Chapter 6
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Chapter 6 Question 1

• Why was Cassie mad a Big Ma?
• Cassie was mad because Big Ma had taken Mr.
  Simms side in the sidewalk incident in
  Strawberry. Cassie did not think that she owed
  Lillian Jean any more of an apology than she had
  already given, but Mr. Simms insisted on one.
  When Big Ma came, she make Cassie apologize.
  Cassie didnt recognize that Big Ma only did what
  she had to do to prevent anyone from being even
  more hurt.

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Chapter 6 Question 2

• 2. Identify Uncle Hammer?
• Hammer was David Logans brother, Big Mas only
  other living son. He came to visit the Logans.
  He had a quick temper and didnt believe in
  waiting for diplomatic solutions to problems. He
  was a kind, generous, though somewhat aloof,
  person.

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Chapter 6 Question 3

• 3. What explanation did Mama give Cassie for Mr.
  Simms actions?
• Mama told Cassie that Mr. Simms was one of those
  people who didnt have much in his life, so he
  had to put other people down so he could feel
  more important himself.

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Chapter 6 Question 4

• 4. What happened to Staceys new coat? What was
  Uncle Hammers reaction?
• T.J. made fun of Staceys new coat until Stacey
  gave it to him. Uncle Hammer told Stacey that
  T.J. could keep the coat if Stacey was fool
  enough to let someone talk him out of having it,
  he didnt deserve to have it.

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Chapter 6 Question 5

• 5. How did Uncle Hammer and the Logans surprise
  the Wallaces?
• Usually black people were supposed to back up and
  let the white people cross first, but because
  Hammers car looked just like Mr. Grangers, the
  Wallaces assumed that Mr. Granger was coming
  across, and they waited. The Wallaces were quite
  surprised to see Hammer Logan tipping his hat to
  them as he went by.

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• Chapters 5 6

Vocabulary
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retaliated

• A. To fight back
• B. To holler
• C. To scream
• D. To get even

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aloofness

• Awkward
• Distant
• Cold
• Hatred

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Mutely

• A. Quiet
• B. With feeling
• C. Soft
• D. Without speaking

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lunged

• A. Blocked
• B. Thrust
• C. Reached
• D. None of the above

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ominously

• A. stated
• B. Threatenly
• C. whiningly
• D. annoyingly

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humiliated

• A. Steaming
• B. Embarrassed
• C. Offended
• D. prideless

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ambled

• A. Stumbled
• B. Walked slowly
• C. Walked cautiously
• D. Strolled

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