Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry s2

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Chapter 12 Pages 257 – 276

Getting It Straight

1. When the children get back to the house, Big Ma, Papa, Mama and Mr. Morrison are ______for them and are worried.

2. Papa appears in the doorway with his ______to give them a whipping, and Cassie tells him Stacey is down at ______house.

3. When Christopher-John cries out that “they h-hurt Claude!” Papa realizes that something terrible has happened to _____. Cassie tells Papa everything, including that Stacey is still hiding in the ______.

4. As Papa loads the shotgun, Mama begs him not to handle the situation with violence. He disagrees, but then looks out at the lightening and tells Mama “I’ll have to do what I have to do” and “______.”

5. Big Ma and Mama go out to fight the fire while the children huddle together, and they worry about Papa, Mr. Morrison, and ______out in the ______in the fire.

Delving In

Answer the questions on the lines below. Restate the question, and include quotations in your response as often as possible. Responses must be 2-3 sentences; spelling, grammar, and punctuation count. List page numbers to the right.

1.  What does Jeremy tell the children about the fire? How does he think it started, and who is out there fighting the fire? Why is this surprising, considering what has happened in the previous fire? Page #______

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2.  Christopher-John finally stands up against his siblings. What does he refuse to do? In spite of his seeming bravery, how does he react to seeing his siblings? Page #______

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3.  What does Cassie discover about the fire from Stacey without even a word being spoken between them? How does she react to the fire and to Papa telling her that T.J. is in jail? (provide evidence from the text) Page #______

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