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1
Q

What did Lois’ Mom say when her father wanted to take them for a ride in the new Cadillac?

A

You bought the car alone, you ride it alone.

2
Q

What were Lois’ mom and dad saving for?

A

A house in a better neighborhood.

3
Q

What did Lois’ Dad tell Lois and her sister to do if they stop in Kentucky and there are white people around?

A

Not to say anything, not one word.

4
Q

When Lois’ parents crossed the state line of Mississippi why did they get pulled over?

A

Because the state police thought that her Dad stole the car. They called him a liar.

5
Q

What do the signs say that they see while they are in the South?

A

White only, colored not allowed.

6
Q

Why didn’t Lois’ mom like the new car?

A

It was too big and flashy, she liked the old car better. It was a Mercury.

7
Q

Why were they going to Mississippi?

A

To see Lois’ grandparents.

8
Q

Did they drive the Cadillac into Mississippi?

A

No, they borrowed their cousin’s Chevy.

9
Q

What was Lois holding in her hand to protect her when she fell asleep in the car?

A

a knife

10
Q

What year was the Cadillac?

A

1950

11
Q

What city were they living in?

A

Toledo, Ohio

12
Q

When they return from their trip to the South, where does Lois’ dad put the car?

A

In the garage, and he doesn’t drive it.

13
Q

What does her dad do with the Cadillac?

A

He sells it.

14
Q

What does Lois’ dad tell her when she says she’s embarrassed to ride in the Ford.

A

That she should hold her head high, and she shouldn’t be embarrassed.

15
Q

How does Lois’ dad compare the Cadillac to the Ford?

A

The Cadillac pulled the family apart, and even though the Ford is loud and noisy, they rode in it together and they were a family again.

16
Q

What is the narrator’s name?

A

Lois.

17
Q

What did the police to do dad?

A

They put him behind bars.

18
Q

did the dad return the Cadillac?

A

Yes.

19
Q

What did the police call dad?

A

A liar.

20
Q

What was Lois scared of?

A

The dark.

21
Q

What does Wilma keep asking dad?

A

“Is it ours daddy?”

22
Q

What didn’t dad understand?

A

Why people treated him poorly

23
Q

What is the dads name?

A

Wilbert

24
Q

Why is the mom mad?

A

She doesn’t like that Wilbert bought the car without the mom’s agreement.

25
Q

What did dad do with the cadillac the way to Mississippi?

A

He took his cousin’s car, and drove down to Mississippi in the chevy, then on the way home returned the car and drove home with the cadillac.

26
Q

how did the mom feel about the Cadillac?

A

She didn’t like it because Wilbert bought it with out her permission.

27
Q

Where is the place that the family doesn’t want Wilbert to drive to by himself?

A

Mississippi.

28
Q

Why did people treat the family different?

A

the color of their skin.

29
Q

Besides the mom how does the family feel about the Cadillac?

A

the love it.

30
Q

What does the dad drive after he sell the Cadillac?

A

193os model A ford