Monday, June 20, 2016

13. Gold Cadillac (Taylor)

Two African-American girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful new Cadillac until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time.

12 comments:

  1. Question: What hardship does Lois, Wilma, and their father face as they travel deeper into the rural South in their Cadillac?
    Answer: They receive suspicious and angry glares because the family is black.

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  2. Question: When does the story take place?
    Answer: Around the 1950s

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  3. Why did mama not like the Cadillac?
    they were saving up for a better house in a nicer neighborhood.
    what car did they have before the gold Cadillac?
    a mercury.

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  4. Why was the mom mad that the dad got the Cadillac?
    She was mad because she though they where sawing money to buy a new house.

    I liked the part when the dad returns the Cadillac and gets their old car back.

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  5. Q: Why did the father have to go to the police station?
    A: He had to go because they thought he stole the Cadillac.
    Q: Why did they pull off the road?
    A: They drove off the road to get some rest.

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  6. Q: Why was mama not happy about the Cadillac?
    A: They were saving up for a better house.

    I liked when the dad returned the Cadillac to get the Mercury back.

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  7. What did the dad buy?

    A Gold Cadillac.

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  8. Why did the mama not like the cadillac?
    they were saving for a better home

    What car did they have before the cadillac?
    a mercury.

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  9. Danny Hussa 4D
    What car did they have before the gold cadillac?
    A Mercury.

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  10. Q1: Why did Lois' dad trade in his gold Cadillac to a friend while they were driving in the South?
    A1: Lois' dad wanted to keep his family safe while in the South.

    Q2: Why did Lois' dad trade in his gold Cadillac at the end of the book?
    A2: He wanted to make Lois' mom happy. She wanted to buy a house in a nice neighborhood.

    Q3: Why did the police arrest Lois' dad?
    A3: The police said Lois' dad must have stolen the gold Cadillac because the car was too nice for a black man to have.

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  11. Q:Why did mama not like the Cadillac?
    A:Because they could have afforded a house in a nicer neighborhood

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