As Papa prepares to leave his house with the shotgun, Mama begs him to get HarlanGranger to stop the mob and for him not to use the shotgun.
What is she afraid of? Whatdoes he say about Harlan Granger?
She is afraid that if Papa confronts the mob with a shotgun, the mob will hang him, also. Hesays that the mob's cars went right by the Granger house, so Granger knows what is happening.Papa adds that Granger certainly would not stop the violence against a black personsimply because Papa asked him.
In earlier chapters, Cassie has told us that when there is trouble Papa, unlike UncleHammer, does not lose his temper but thinks through the problem. Why does he not dothat now?
The crisis is immediate.
He does not want T.J. hanged, and he wants to be sure the mob doesnot find Stacey, or they will hang him, too. As is shown later, it is also possible that he hasanother plan, besides just confronting the mob
Shortly after they leave, a fire breaks out in the family cotton field. How do the peopleassume that the fire starts?
It is assumed that a bolt of lighting hit a post in the field and set the post on fire. Then theburning post spread quickly to the cotton.
Why does Harlan Granger order the mob to give T.J. to the sheriff and to start fightingthe fire?
His cotton fields, which are adjacent to the Logans' fields, are obviously in danger. If the fireis not stopped, it will ruin him economically.
On page 228, Stacey tells Cassie that Mr. Morrison came to get him.
Cassie is puzzledand asks, "Where was Papa?" Why is this response important?
At this point in the reading, no one knows where Papa is, but it seems significant.
What news does Mr. Jamison bring and what will this mean for T.J. ?
Mr. Barnett died at 4:00 o'clock that morning, and as a result, T.
J. will probably be hanged formurder
Why does Mr.Jamison not want to go into town with the Avery's to see t.j.
?
Papa needs to lay low while rumours of the fire blow over.
On the last page, Cassie says, "I cried for those things which had happened in the nightand would not pass. I cried for T.J. For T.
J. and the land." What is suggested in this ending?
Answers may vary. Example: Cassie may be crying for the land; however, T.J.'s forthcomingdeath is clear.
The fact that the evening's events bring evil clearly into focus and that Cassieis no longer the child she had once been leads the reader to understand her loss of innocence.
Why firefighting technique did the men use to battle the fire? Why would this be effective?
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Why do you think this book is titled "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry"?
The title is the first line of the spiritual "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry." So, it's pretty much shorthand for how the Logan family and Mr. Morrison are trying to take a stand against the injustice against blacks by whites that is rapidly building up to a crisis—like the Wallace store boycott, or Mr. Morrison's violent defense of Papa.
