Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
By Mildred D. Taylor

Setting:
1. Describe the town where the Logan family lives.

Character:
1. How are the lives of the black and white children different in this novel. (Compare and contrast)

2. How did Cassie grow and change throughout the book?

3. Who are the night men?

4. How does Stacey's personality affect how he makes decisions throughout the book?

Plot:
1. Why does Jeremy continue to walk to school with the Logan's? How is he treated by other children for doing this?

2. Why is it dangerous to boycott the local store? Is it worth it?

3. Why is the land so important to the Logans?

4. Why do the adults, particularly the women, fear the white night men?

5. What effects does the Logan family feel when Big Ma loses her job?

6. How does Uncle Hammer's visit effect the family?

Responding to Quotations:
1. What do you think Cassie means when she says at the end, "I cried for T.J. . . . . and for the land"?

2. How do Cassie and her family feel about having to "know their place"?

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