Setting

The setting of a book is not just the place where the story happens, but also the time and the historical situation. "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" is set in a time and place that is very different from where we live in New York City today. Try to imagine, using at least 4 direct quotes from the book, what the setting of the characters' lives is really like. Make sure you answer the following questions:

1. Where does the story take place?
2. When does the story take place?
3. What challenges (at least two) do the characters face because of where they live and who they are?
4. Do you think you would react the same way as Cassie and her brothers if you lived in this setting?
5. Once you have identified the time and place of the story, do some research on line about what life was like for people during that time and in that place. "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" is fiction, but do you think Mildred Taylor has accurately captured the setting?