| Facts about the Novel | ||
| #1 | From what point of view is the novel written? | First Person |
| #2 | What is the setting of the novel? | Mississippi in the 1930s |
| #3 | During what significant time period in US history does the novel take place? | The Great Depression |
| #4 | Who is the narrator of the novel? | Cassie Logan |
| #5 | Identify 3 conflicts in the novel. | Blacks vs. Whites, Cassie vs. Lillian Jean, Stacey vs. T.J. , Mr. Morrison vs. the white men |
| Characters | ||
| #1 | Who does Papa bring in to help protect the family? | Mr. Morrison |
| #2 | Who give Stacey a new coat? | Uncle Hammer |
| #3 | Name two characters that take whippings in TJs place. | Stacey and Claude |
| #4 | Who pushed Cassie down in the road? | Mr. Simms |
| #5 | Who owns the mercantile that TJ and the Simmses break into? | Mr. Barnett |
| Events | ||
| #1 | What do the children do to get even with the white's school bus? | dig a trench across the road |
| #2 | Why does Papa work on the railroad in Louisiana? | to pay the mortgage |
| #3 | What does Uncle Hammer do to pay the loan? | He sold his car. |
| #4 | What are the two excuses the school board and Harlan Granger use to fire Mama? | She wasn't teaching from the book and she destroyed the books by gluing over them. |
| #5 | Why was Mr. Morrison fired from the railroad? | He fought 2 white men. |
| Themes and Messages | ||
| #1 | What is the mood of the story at the end of the book? | sad, unsettling |
| #2 | Why didn't Cassie understand what happened to her in Strawberry? | She had never been before and she had never experienced that severe of racism before. |
| #3 | What mood does the title of the book give? | gloomy, scary, sad, uneasy |
| #4 | Identify a common theme throughout the book. | No matter what people do to you, family is always there and the most important thing. |
| #5 | Why do the Logans value their land so much? | It is the only thing they own that can not be taken away. |
| Figurative Language | ||
| #1 | its right wheel in the gully, like a lopsided billy goat on its knees | simile |
| #2 | the tat-tat of the rain against the tin roof changed to a deafening roar...” | onomatopoeia |
| #3 | but eventually the dust was forced to surrender to the mastery of the rain | personification |
| #4 | “…bus bore down on him spewing clouds of red dust like a huge yellow dragon breathing fire.” | simile |
| #5 | What does Cassie mean when she says: I could see Mr. Morrison clearly, moving silently, like a jungle cat, | He was moving quickly, quietly, and stealthily across the yard. |
| Final Question | |
| What is the term used to describe the policy of keeping people of different races apart like in Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry? | Segregation |