Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule Questions and Answers
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
What is the conflict of Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule?
Pascal, a 12 year-old slave in the South, is told by his runaway brother that all slaves have been freed. General Sherman has told all slaves that they can get 40 acres and a mule, so Pascal and...
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What is the summary of chapter 15 in Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule?
Forty Acres and Almost a Mule takes place after slavery has ended and the Reconstruction era has begun. The book conveys the attempts by newly freed slaves to become independent through land...
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
What was the response Gideon gets when he asks about forty acres and a mule in Harriette Gillem Robinet's novel Forty...
By Chapter 8 of Harriette Gillem Robinet's novel Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule, Gideon has finally discovered where to go to inquire about receiving their 40 acres and a mule. In town, he found an...
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
Who are the Bibbs family in Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule?
The Bibbs family is a poor white family Pascal meets on the road to Georgia. They had been tenants on a farm in Tennessee, but during the War their house had been hit by a cannonball. The Bibbs...
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
Where is the setting in the book Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule? Also, what trail do they take, and where do they get...
The story is set in the years immediately after the American Civil War, during the era of Reconstruction. Specifically, the events happen between the months of April and September 1865. Earlier in...
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What is the mystery of the Ghost Tree in Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule? What can we learn about Gideon based on this...
The mystery of the Ghost Tree involves the old legend that a tree on the land that Gideon and Pascal wish to acquire is haunted. The deeply superstitious and not very bright Gideon is frightened...
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What happens to Mr. Deliverance in Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule?
The American Civil War may be over by the time the novel takes place, but life is still hard for African Americans hoping that General Sherman's promise of forty acres and a mule for freed families...
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
What are Nelly's habits in "Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule"?
Nelly's most conspicuous habit is that she twists her braids. She wears her hair in six long braids, and when she is thinking, or speaking - just anytime really - she takes one or another of them...
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
How did Gideon manage to get people to work on his farm?
Throughout the narrative, Gideon presents himself as being able to inspire others towards his overall message. This is what enables him as a natural leader. His initial characterization as a...
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
How many brothers does Pascal have?
Pascal, the twelve-year-old main character and narrator of Harriette Gillem Robinet's Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule, has one older brother, a sixteen-year-old runaway slave named Gideon. Despite his...
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In the book, Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule, how does Pascal character change during the story?
Pascal changes a lot,from a dependent, little brother to a more analytical, thinking person. He saves Gideon when he falls through the old broken down bridge. He saves Gideon when he is in an...
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
Who got married?
Pascal City heads off on a epic journey across South Carolina to Georgia with his older brother, Gideon, and an eight-year-old girl called Nelly. They are on their way to Georgia to find the local...
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
What is the significance of the names Mr. Freedman, Pascal, and Gideon?
Mr. Freedman is an easy one, he might represent the promise/hope/difficulty of being a "Freed Man" Gideon is a biblical name, in the bible's old testament, Gideon was a hero who listened to God...
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What is the significance of the scene with Nelly running through the wild flowers in Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule?
The scene with Nelly running through the wild flowers takes place in Chapter 11, when she, Pascal, Gideon, Gladness, and Mr. Freedman arrive at their "forty acres." To be landowners is a concept...
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
What was the weather like in the book "Forty Acres and a Mule"?
This novel takes place during the first 6 months of Reconstruction, in the summer and fall of 1965. The weather as portrayed by Robinet is accurate for Georgia - warm and humid. As the story...