2. What Do You Perceive (Vocab !) Grandpa Hillburn S Opinion Is on the

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MISSISSIPPI TRIAL

1. The characters you need to have filled in on your first reading worksheet are: Hiram, Grandpa Hillburn (Earl), and RC. You may choose any other characters for the other two spots.

2. What do you perceive (vocab !) Grandpa Hillburn’s opinion is on the :

(a.) worth of African Americans versus that of whites (p. 8)?

(b.) U.S. military (p. 11)?

(c.) “Yankees” (people from the North—p. 11-12)?

Make sure you explain your answer with evidence from the text. 3. What do you learn about RC’s personality from:

(a.) the scene with the Remingtons?

(b.) the scene where he kills the fish?

Again, make sure you use evidence from the text to explain your answers.

4. Predict how you think Grandpa Hillburn will react to Hiram moving to Arizona: