Long+Walk+Home+Questions

Long Walk Home Questions:


 * 1) Why does Odessa sit in the back of the car when she is being taken to Oak Park?
 * 2) Why does the policeman question Odessa at the park?
 * 3) How does he address her?
 * 4) Why does the policeman come to the Thompson household to apologize to Odessa and the girls?
 * 5) List examples of discrimination (blatantly immoral/sinful actions or behavior) at the cocktail party (at least three).
 * 6) How did the action taken by Rosa Parks start a “war of wills” in the South?
 * 7) Why does Miriam agree to pick Odessa up two times a week?
 * 8) Why does Miriam ask Mary Catherine not to tell her father?
 * 9) List what Christmas is like in the Thompson household.
 * 10) List what Christmas is like in the Cotter household.
 * 11) Why doesn’t Odessa hand Mary Catherine the Christmas gift that she brought for her?
 * 12) What are two of the discriminatory remarks made at the Christmas dinner table?
 * 13) What is Tucker’s (Norman’s brother) position on Odessa walking to work? Write it verbatim (word for word) if you can.
 * 14) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">Why does Odessa say that she will walk until her legs fall off?
 * 15) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">What does Odessa receive from her family for Christmas?
 * 16) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">Why does Selma decide to take the bus?
 * 17) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">How do the three boys harass her on the bus? (Be specific with their words and actions.)
 * 18) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">Why doesn’t Theo fight back? Is this an example of “Turn the other cheek?” Explain.
 * 19) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">What do the people do to help the maids get to work on time? (Is this an example of civil disobedience? Explain.)
 * 20) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">What is the White Citizen’s Council? (Is this an example of social sin? Explain.)
 * 21) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">What is Norman’s reaction when he finds out that Miriam is picking Odessa up twice a week?
 * 22) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">What happened to Miriam when she was fifteen years of age that made her think about the way that she was being raised?
 * 23) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">What does Miriam do the next morning when she picks Odessa up? What big decision does she make?
 * 24) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">What is it that Tucker wants Norman to see?
 * 25) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">What does the White Citizen’s Council try to do at the carpool parking lot?
 * 26) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">When did the Supreme Court vote to allow the black American to sit where they wanted to on the bus?