Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Quarterly Study Guide
Literary Terms – See literary terms sheet I handed to you. For symbolism, focus on the symbolism of the flag, the
names of the schools, Mr. Jamison and Jeremy Simms, the land, the burning of the Berrys, the textbooks, the school
bus, the digging of the ditch, the winter coat, and the church revival.
Multiple Choice (KNOW THE FOLLOWING):
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How the Logans got the land (it was previously owned by Mr. Granger and bought by grandpa who
obtained it during Reconstruction).
What Papa does as a job
What white boy befriends the Logans
Why Little Man refuses the textbook given to him by Miss Crocker
Why Mr. Morrison comes to live with the Logans
The first day Cassie truly faced prejudice and injustice (at Strawberry)
Characters (KNOW THE FOLLOWING):
Uncle Hammer
Cassie
Miss Crocker
Mr. Jamison
Mr. Berry
Mr. Morrison
R.W. and Melvin Simms
Jeremy Simms
Lillian Jean Simms
Stacey Logan
Little Man Logan
Mr. Logan (Papa)
Mama and Papa Logan
Granger Family
Open-Ended (KNOW THE FOLLOWING):
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At least two examples of Cassie’s coming-of-age experiences
What sharecropping is
Sources of prejudice in the novel
Why Mama takes the kids to see the Berrys
Why Uncle Hammer can’t live with the family
The difference between how Miss Crocker and Mama reacted to the textbooks
Risks and consequences of the Logans organizing the boycott
How T.J. is saved from the lynch mob
Vocabulary
Obnoxious (103)
Cockatoo (104)
Verandas (105)
Dumbfounded
(119)
Nattily (119)
Ominously (124)
Reverently (135)
Admonished
(141)
Interminable
(144)
Faltering (144)
Cauldron (150)
Malevolently
(156)
Eviction (163)
Feigned (174)
Jovial (177)
Banished (182)
Indignant (182)
Morosely (188)
Fallow (191)
Furrowed (196)
Amenities (203)
Exasperation
(208)
Despondently
(223)
Lethargically
(227)
Shroud (227)