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Chapters 1-6

Using the information provided on the website, research the following and be able to discuss with your group the following:

- Describe the setting of the story.

- Describe the historical background of Money Mississippi and discuss both cultural and environmental norms of the time in history.

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Group Member #2

Mississippi Trial 1955

Literature Circle Discussions

Questions for Chapters 1-6

1. Where did Hiram’s grandparents live?

2. How does Grampa Hilburn make his money?

3. Describe what happens when Hiram picks up a worker’s hoe.

4. Hiram describes his grandparent’s home in detail. Describe 3 things; something he sees, something he hears, and something he smells.

5. Hiram waits a long time before stepping in and doing anything about the catfish. Why do you think he waits so long?

6. Why doesn’t Hiram’s dad want to move back to Mississippi and live near his father?

7. What is Grampa busy doing at all the council meetings and why is it so important to him?

8. Why do you think that in Tempe, segregation “wasn’t such a big deal?” Think about the time period and geographical location.

Theme

“Plot, Setting, and historical background”

Hiram Hillburn, one of the youngest from the stubborn Hillburn family, lived with his grandparents for most of his adolescent years. He would wake up early in the morning to the smell of bacon cooking in the kitchen.

He would spend lazy mornings with his grandpa, visiting the fields or fishing on the Yazoo river. Then, while his grandpa would visit with friends, Hiram would buy a 5 cent Coke and visit with a blind, local vendor.

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Questions for Chapters 7-12

1. How old is Emmett and how old is R.C.?

2. Hiram says that maybe his father realized “that bullies would always find somebody else to pick on, if not the Negroes, then somebody else.” Do you believe that is true?

3. Are most hate crimes based on environmental norms, cultural bias and stereotypes? Support your answer with an example, even if it is a theoretical one.

4. Hiram thinks about other examples of cultural racial and religious hatred. Name one of them.

5. What is the “trouble up in Money” R.C. describes?

6. How does Ruthanne respond when Hiram mentions the whistling incident?

7. Grampa says he’s conducting council business when he sends Hiram off to bed, but he does something he normally doesn’t do, what is it?

8. What does Grampa say about what the judge can and cannot do?

9. Summarize the problems with segregated schools according to Mr. Paul.

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Chapters 7-12

- What is the significance to age as it relates to the plot of the story?

- Describe what Naomi does on Fulton Street Bridge and why she tells Hiram “It can be our place.”

- Discuss the importance of the river in the story.

- Discuss how the mood of the story has changed.

Describe how the following attitudes are reflected in the novel.

1. Environmental Norms

- Does the environment that people are raised in contribute to the reoccurring idea of segregation and racism?

- Discuss how Injustice, Tolerance, and Morality play a part in the novel as it relates to the hostile environment of the “ Deep South”

2. Cultural Bias

- Is it likely in this community that the 2 men will pay the consequences?

3. Stereotypes

- Discuss how people are taught to hate as it pertains to this novel.

Questions for Chapters 13-16

1. Why do you think it surprised so many that the Grand Jury indicted the men? After all the men had confessed to the kidnapping

2. Briefly describe the scene at the courthouse in Sumner.

3. How do the deputies treat the congressman from Michigan and why do you think he lets them treat him that way?

4. Why do you suppose the state prosecutor did not seek the death penalty in this case? His job is to seek justice and a boy had been murdered.

5. What outlandish claim does Breland make about the NAACP and their motives?

6. How did Grampa respond when Hiram wanted to keep talking about the trial? What does he tell Hiram about his Elders?

7. Where has RC been and what did he reveal about the night of the kidnapping?

8. What does Grampa do with his pickup truck after the trial?

9. Ronnie Remington rambles reveal and what is the significance of this information as it pertains to the plot of the story.

Chapters 13-16

- Hiram wants to stop R.C. yet he doesn’t. What has happened earlier in the book to foreshadow this event?

- Think back to Grampa’s reactions about Emmett’s kidnapping and murder. With this new information, why did Grampa react the way he did?

- Discuss how the mood of the story has changed.

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