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She
stays at home for one week and she doesn’t want to go outside, unlike her normal
habit
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Big Ma and Mama Logan act as if they think Cassie is
sick
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The
white people’s bus gets stuck, in the big hole the children carelessly dig, not
thinking about the consequences and that may be someone would die or get
severely injured
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They are also afraid that the night men know about the bus
incident and that the Logans are involved in it
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J
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J
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” T
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is telling
Christopher John and Stacey that there is no need to be afraid of the night men
as they won’t get to the Logans because they know about the white people’s bus
incident
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J
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Immediately, Stacey says
“Nothin'”, to hid the Logan Children’s fear of the night men
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J
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He says that the night men come for Mr
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Barnett a liar and T
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says that his trusted information comes
directly from Miss Claire Thompson who has seen Mr
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J
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Barnett, a white man who owns a store in Strawberry, of charging

him for things he doesn’t get as Mr
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Mr
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Barnett a liar
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J
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J
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Just as
mama comes towards him, T
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passes the paper to Stacey
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J
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Stacey, however, does catch up
to T
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and beats him up after school
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Why do the Logan children go up to the Wallace store after school?
The Logan children go to the Wallace store when Stacey is looking for T
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to beat
him up; after the trouble Stacey gets in, due to T
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's cheating in Mama's class and
passing the cheat sheet to Stacey when Mama comes towards him
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They go after Stacey to see what he
is going to do with T
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and his cheating
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They are sent to bed early as a
punishment
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Trouble starts when drunken white owners of the
Wallace store burn three black men whom they have accused of flirting with a
white woman
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Mr
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He's so badly injured that he can't speak and doesn't even look like
a human anymore
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That’s why Papa and Mama are so against their kids hanging out at the Wallace
store
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What was Mrs
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Logan’s plan to get back at the Wallaces is to stop off at other people's houses
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Mama Logan urges people to boycott the Wallace store and go shopping at
Vicksburg instead
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But she takes
revenge from the Wallaces and their store by destroying their image and
damaging their reputation
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Turner give for not being able to boycott the Wallace store?
Mr
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Firstly, the driving to Vicksburg overnight, like the Logans do, would take too
long as it is completely out of reach for the Turner family
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They are very poor people who don't have any cash
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Montier
(who owns the Turner land) charges 15% extra for "risk money" for signing for
the Turners to have credit
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Turner mentions that the Logans are in a better
situation than the Turners, because they own their own land, while the Turners
still have to pay to own their land
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Strawberry is a small, run-down, muddy town
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Who was going to Strawberry with Big Ma?
Cassie, Stacey, and T
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were going to the market in Strawberry with Big Ma
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Why was T
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Avery going with them?
T
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Avery was going with them to Strawberry to do some shopping for a few
things he couldn't get at the Wallace store
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How far is it from the Logan farm to the Strawberry?
The Logan farm is twenty-two miles away from the Strawberry
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Describe the main street of Strawberry in your own words
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It goes through the middle of the city
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The main street has a thin chain of electrical lines
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There are dull stores behind sinking balconies and a wooden
walkway at the side of the road
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Why didn’t Big Ma put her wagon near the entrance to the market field as Cassie
suggested?
Big Ma didn’t put her wagon near the entrance, because she knows that the
entrance is only for the white people’s wagons while black people have to go all
the way to the back, so that whites have more opportunity to sell and earn
money
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She doesn’t want to get in trouble with any
more white people
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Jamison?
Cassie likes Mr
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Also, he is
the only white man who calls Mama and Big Ma as Missus
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Cassie admired his frankness
and straightness as he doesn’t hem and haw
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Jamison was respectful and
nice to the Logans and to every other black people
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What do they sell at the Barnett Mercantile?
They sell everything at the Barnett Mercantile
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J see there that he particularly wanted?
T
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admires a pearl-handled gun in the store
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J
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He thinks that no one would mess with him if he had that gun
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How did Mr
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Barnett recoiled as if Cassie had struck him
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Well, he says this in much more
demeaning terms: "Whose little nigger is this?" Cassie bites back, letting him
know that the situation is unfair
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Barnett makes Stacey take Cassie out of the
store
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What did Mr
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Barnett told Stacey to take Cassie out of his store and make sure she doesn’t
come back again, until her Mama teaches her what she is (“little nigger”),
referring to her black-coloured skin
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Why did this incident make Cassie really mad?
Cassie is angry that Mr
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J
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J
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Mr
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J
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Cassie
objects to this, and Stacey tells her to be quiet
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Barnett returns to T
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's order
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He goes away, without even excusing them, as if they were nothing but air
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Barnett gets interrupted by a little white girl buying pork
chops
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Barnett to help another child before T
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She can understand him
helping an adult first, but not a child
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Barnett leaves
her, Stacey, and T
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to go help another customer, who is white
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He also insults her by calling her
“little nigger”
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She feels humiliated and gets confused
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Why didn’t Cassie understand why Mr
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Barnett acted the way he did, because she
never thought that the only reason Mr
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J
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J
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Cassie thought
that since the Civil War ended slavery, all people were treated the same
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But it turns out that some people still believe that black
people are less than white people
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After getting kicked out of Mr
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Lillian Jean wants an apology from
Cassie
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Cassie refuses as she wants to show her that she is not her black

slave, and Mr
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Big Ma returns
to the wagon intending to go home and calls Cassie, but Mr
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Big Ma orders
Cassie to say the words Mr
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Big Ma
did this because she did not want to cause any more trouble with any white
people, such as Mr
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She was afraid of the night riders that they might
harm her and her black children as they did to every black person, who messed
around with white people
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Why is Cassie angry with Big Ma?
Cassie is angry with Big Ma, because Big Ma makes her apologize to Lillian Jean,
although she does nothing wrong
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She
also orders her to get off the sidewalk, and later her husband pushes Cassie into
the road and forces her to apologize to "Miz" Lillian Jean
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They endanger her life and treat her as a slave
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What does Stacey say to Cassie about it?
Stacey says: 'Cassie, don't go blaming Big Ma for what she done
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There are some
things that Cassie just doesn't understand, but she is still indignant
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Lillian Jean is a racist white woman, and Big Ma doesn’t want to get in any more
trouble with whites, as she is afraid of the night men that they might harm the
Logan family, as they do to every black family that mess around with whites
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Describe Uncle Hammer
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He is an uncle to Cassie, Stacey, Little Man and Christopher-John
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He
lives in Chicago, but comes to visit the Logan family every winter; to spend
Christmas with them
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Hammer wants to
protect the Logans and fight racism whenever it is possible
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What is significant about his car?
What is significant about Uncle Hammer’s car, is that his nice-looking car which
looks like Mr
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Granger's, because it's a few
months newer
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Granger’s car, Hammer’s is a grand, smooth silver
Packard covered with chrome that shines even in the rain
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Why doesn’t Big Ma want Cassie to tell Uncle Hammer about the trip to
Strawberry?
Big Ma doesn't want Cassie to tell Uncle Hammer about their visit to Strawberry,
because she is afraid that Uncle Hammer will cause even more trouble with
whites and will get mad easily as he is short-tempered
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Cassie does end up telling him and he
doesn't like what he hears
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Her fears are true, Uncle Hammer rushes with
a gun to take revenge from Mr
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Morrison stops
him at the last moment
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Barnett and Mr
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She also knows that Uncle ​
Hammer wants to
protect the Logans and fight racism whenever it is possible
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She knows that her
Papa would stand by her side and support her, but he has left them for a long
time
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So,
she goes to Uncle Hammer, Papa’s brother to tell him about what happened
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Simms
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Simms
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What is Uncle Hammer’s reaction when Cassie tells him about Mr
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Barnett to Uncle Hammer, he gets surprised that
he is still alive and that no one has killed him yet and he calls him a devil
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Barnett helping other
white people before T
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, and how she tells Mr
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Uncle
Hammer laughs and he is proud of Cassie’s reaction to Mr
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Hammer seems amused by this and finds it great that Cassie points out
this to Mr
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Simms?
When Cassie tells Uncle Hammer about the incident with Mr
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Simms for twisting Cassie’s arm and pushing her
into the street
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Simms for endangering
Cassie's life and violently knocking her off the sidewalk and making her
apologize humiliatingly to Lillian Jean
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What does Mama Logan tell Stacey to do?
Mama Logan tells Stacey to call Mr
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Simms’ house
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Simms as
he rushes with his gun intending to kill Mr
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So, he will cause more
trouble with white people
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They both know that Hammer might get killed or
harmed by the night riders, just like what the riders did to a lot of black people
that caused troubles with whites
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What does Hammer say as he is leaving?
As Uncle Hammer leaves, he says: ‘Unnecessary trouble! You think my brother
died and I got my leg half blown off in their German war to have some red-neck
knock Cassie around anytime it suits him! If I'd've knocked his girl down, you
know what'd've happened to me! Yeah, you know all right
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Let go of me, Mary
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His brother died and
he himself lost his left leg in the German War
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If Hammer did what Mr
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Uncle Hammer shows Mama that it is necessary to take revenge for what
happened to Cassie
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Who goes off in the car with Hammer?
Mr
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Mr
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Christopher-John tells the Logans that Mr
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Stacey
is told to get Mr
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After that, Stacey is
silent and doesn’t participate in the conversation
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Morrison will
talk some sense into their uncle, calm him down and bring him back
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Simms,

teach him a lesson and take revenge from him, because of what he did to Cassie
at Strawberry
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Why is Mama Logan annoyed with Cassie?
Mama Logan is annoyed with Cassie, because Cassie wants Uncle Hammer to
harm Mr
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But Mama doesn’t like that,
as it would end up causing more trouble with whites, which Mama doesn’t want
to happen
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She also knows that if Uncle Hammer went to harm the white
man Mr
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In addition, Mama is annoyed
with Cassie and her brothers because they chatter and argue a lot
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Mama wants to
tell her that Big Ma just didn’t want to see Cassie get hurt and she had to make
Cassie apologize, unwillingly
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Mama also tells Cassie about how slaves were
regarded as less than human, and how some Christian beliefs even supported
this view
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Furthermore, Mama tells Cassie that the
respect she was forced to give Lillian Jean really wasn't respect at all, it was fear
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Morrison spend the night?
Mr
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He prevents him from causing
more trouble with whites
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What happens next morning?
The next morning, Uncle Hammer and Mr
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They
look alright and it seems that nothing appears to have happened the previous

night
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Morrison spend the night talking to Hammer and he
prevents him from going to Mr
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Cassie gets a little
disappointed
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Cassie gets really excited and asks her
mom to fix her a "grown-up hairdo" for church
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J
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J
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T
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wants a coat like Stacey’s, but he doesn’t show
it
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J
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He grew up with the Berrys and fought with them in
World War I
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Hammer is impulsive and
wants to take revenge from the Wallaces
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Why is Mama Logan worried by what Hammer does at the bridge?
Mama Logan is worried by what Hammer does at the bridge
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Black people have to back down the bridge when a white person starts
down it from the opposite side
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Its passengers, the Wallaces, all touch their hats respectfully as the
car approaches, thinking it is the white man Mr
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But then, they freeze
when they realize that the Logan family is inside
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