I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Chp 18-19

hoity-toity

Assuming airs; pretentious; haughty, stuck up

Rode in a truck

How did the cotton pickers get to the fields?

Women would order peanut patties and Baby Ruths

If it was a bloody fight.

RC Cola, Hines root beer and Dr. Pepper

Soda pops sold during the fight

After the fight.

The real festivities would begin.

Cardboard fans

What advertisement did Texarkana's largest Negro funeral home give out?

If the people wanted to join, they just had to say which church in which they wanted wanted to be affiliated.

What extraordinary thing did the preacher at the tent revival do?

a razor blade company

What type of company sponsored the fight?

charity

What was the preacher's sermon about?

Joe Louis

Who was the Brown Bomber?

Joe Louis

Who won the heavy weight title?

Primo Canera

Whom did Joe Louis fight?

They didn't want to get caught by any angry white people walking home alone.

Why did many people stay in town the night of the fight?

The Good Book says you should come in with a "joyful noise."

Why did the Church of God say they behaved as they did?

Minds were concentrated on the coming meeting and had no time to indulge in human concerns.

Why did the people not talk and ask questions before the revival?

Because you have "to feed the soul just like you feed the body."

Why did the workers go to the tent revival even though they were tired?

So everyone could hear the fight.

Why was the radio turned up so high?

So they wouldn't make noise to disturb folks listening to the fight.

Why were the coins on top of the register?

masochist

one who enjoys his or her own pain and suffering

cotton dust and dirt

the people coming in from the field had this in their hair and all over their skin.