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Write the answer for each chapter in COMPLETE SENTENCES in your binder!  Be sure to write a title for each chapter. You will receive a homework quiz grade when we finish this book.

 

MISSISSIPPI TRIAL, 1955

 

Chapter 1             TITLE___________________________________

1)  Who is Hiram Hillburn?

2)  What is the setting for this story?

3)  Why does he live with his grandparents?

4)  What was Mr. Paul’s opinion of Grandpa’s working in the fields?

5)  While out in the fields, who was the only person that grandpa spoke to?

6)  According to Hiram’s grandfather, why did God make Negros?

 

Chapter 2            TITLE___________________________________

1)  Describe the sights, sounds, and smells of Hiram’s grandparent’s house.

2)  What is Hiram’s grandfather’s opinion about going to war?

3)  Who is R.C. Rydell?

4)  Who are Ralph and Ronnie Remington?

5)  What is grandma’s attitude towards Ralph and Ronnie Remington?

6)  Describe Naomi Rydell.

7)  Describe Hiram and R.C. Rydell’s fishing trip.

8)  Why do you think that R.C. behaves so cruelly?

 

Chapter 3            TITLE___________________________________

1)  What was different about the house as Hiram woke up this particular morning?

2)  What sad event has taken place?

3)  Why did Ronnie Remington dub Gramma a “queen of kindness”? Can you think of

any other examples of Gramma’s kindness towards others?

4)  Who came late to the funeral?  What story did she tell Hiram?  How does she handle

her own sadness?

5)  What is the cause for the strain between Hiram’s father and grandfather

6)  Why did Hiram go to the Fulton Street Bridge?

 

Chapter 4            TITLE___________________________________

1)  Why is Grandpa upset?

2)  Describe the changes that took place in Hiram’s family after they moved to Tempe,

Arizona.

3)  Why did Hiram’s father refuse to allow him to visit his Grandpa each summer?

4)  What arguments did Hiram’s mother use to convince his father that Hirim should

visit his grandfather?

5)  What words of Hiram’s father could be evidence of foreshadowing?

 

Chapter 5           TITLE___________________________________

1) What are Hiram’s impressions of Greenwood?

2) Who is Bobo Till? Where is he from? What does Ruthanne ask him to do?  How does Bobo respond?

3) What has Naomi Rydell’s life been like since Hiram left?

4)  As Grandpa and Hiram catch up who do they NOT discuss?