Chapter 10 Return to Home Page
1.
Who was Hiram
worried about when he woke up Saturday morning? Whom
did Hiram worried about all day Saturday?
2.
What did Hiram dad
(Harlan) like to do that Hiram didn’t know about and caught him by surprise?
3.
Why did Ruthanne
Parker write a letter saying she would miss work one day?
4.
Grandpa gave
Hiram the newspaper to read the headlines, what were they about?
5.
Who does Hiram
think the third man is and Why?
Chapter 11
1.Hiram talks to his mom on the phone, what does she tell
Hiram to remember?
2. What allegedly did
Emmett Till do that caused the three white men to take
him out of his Uncle’s house?
3. Why is grandpa mad about
the news coverage of Emma Till’s death? What problem does he have with it?
4. On September 2,1955 there was an editorial in the newspaper, what did it
say? Explain it. Whose side did it take and why?
Chapter 12
1.
For the first
time in Hiram’s life what was he worried about?
2.
Hiram answered
the knock on the door, what did the sheriff give him?
3.
According to
grandpa why did the color boy get in trouble? What the color boy
(Emmett Till) not know?
4.
Grandpa explains
to Hiram that he shouldn’t go to court and testify, why?
5.
What does
Ruthanne tell Hiram about the trial?
6.
Hiram is talking
with Naomi at the bridge, what are talking about?
Chapter 13
1.
What does Mr.
Paul tell Hiram he should do about the trial?
2.
What should Hiram
remember that his mom told him?
3. Why does Hiram decide to go to the trial? Return to Top of Page