What does Jeremy give to Stacey?
Jeremy comes over and gives Stacey a whistle. Stacey doesn’t know how to react, and after Jeremy leaves he asks Papa. Papa says there’s nothing wrong with friendship, but that friendship with whites usually leads to trouble.
Why does Uncle Hammer want Stacey to get the coat back from TJ?
Uncle Hammer doesn’t want Stacey to get the coat back from T.J. because he wants to teach Stacey a lesson. Stacey showed very poor judgment in caving into peer pressure in giving up the coat, so Uncle Hammer decides that he doesn’t deserve to have it.
What happened in Chapter 7 in Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry?
Chapter Seven. Mama asks Stacey to bring her his new coat from Uncle Hammer so she can hem it for him, but he has given it away to his friend T.J. Mama is furious and wants him to get the coat, but Uncle Hammer wants Stacey to learn a lesson. If he is ignorant enough to give the coat away, then he does not deserve it.
Who was to blame for mama getting fired?
So, Mr. Granger has Mama fired from her teaching job, because she thinks she is so much smarter than the person who wrote the textbook. But really, she was fired because of the Wallace store boycott.
Why does Mr Jamison come out to the Logan farm?
Why does Mr. Jamison come out to the Logan farm? He wants to warn the father that one of the Wallaces is threatening to put an end to the Vicksburg shopping trips.
Why did TJ want Mrs Logan into trouble?
He is driven by his own need for acceptance and approval. This leads him to campaign against Mrs. Logan, not because she is ineffective as a teacher or dangerous in any way, but because she failed him twice in her class. He resents the grade and gets revenge on her to make himself feel better.
Why did TJ tell Mr Kaleb that Mrs Logan was an unfit teacher?
Because T.J was annoyed that Mrs. Logan had failed him in a test where she saw him cheating, he went to the Wallace store, and there, he accused Mrs. Logan of being the reason why their store was not buzzing with customers. He also told Mr. Kaleb that Mrs. Logan intentionally failed him.
Why does Cassie feel sorry for TJ?
Cassie feels sorry for T.J. because when he leaves, he keeps looking back as if he wishes that he could stay or because he wants more attention.
Why was Stacey in a bad mood Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry?
He didn’t want to get dirt on his clothes, so he had to walk gingerly. Why was Stacey in a bad mood? He had to be in his mother’s class that year. He told his mother that Claude went to the Wallaces’ store and that he had to get Claude.
Why are the Logan children forbidden to go to the Wallace store?
Papa announces that his family does not shop at the Wallace store. Mr. Wallace owned the store on the Granger’s land, and the children were forbidden to go to it because Mr. Wallace was a bad influence.
What happened in Chapter 1 of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry?
Cassie and her brothers, Stacey, Christopher-John, and Little Man, are walking to school on the first day of the school year, dressed in their Sunday best. T.J. joins them, and tells them about how a man named Berry was nearly burned to death by white men the previous night.
What did mama do to her 7th grade books?
What does Mama do to the books for her 7th grade class? she glues them on Mrs. Daisy’s books so the student’s don’t look at it and Mrs. Daisy doesn’t like that.
What happened in chapter 3 of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry?
It’s Joe Avery, bringing news about a mysterious “they” who are “riding” tonight (3.135). Mama sends the kids to bed, but Cassie sneaks into her brothers’ room so she can hear what the adults are talking about. Apparently, the “night men” are riding, and Mr. Avery doesn’t know why.