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A Tugging String
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Columbia Law School, pg. 11
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, Mr. Greenburg taught part-time at what university in New York?
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How many bubbles are in a bar of soap?, Pg. 31
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, the first time Mrs. Dorothy Milton went to register to vote, this is
the question that appeared on her voter registration literacy test: ____________________.
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He mistakenly marked it on his pocket calendar for the next Sunday, the fourteenth, Pg. 45
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, why did Rev. King miss the march in Selma, Alabama?
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Popular Science, pg. 16
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, David’s favorite magazine was _______.
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People’s homes or black hotels, Pg. 81
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, when Jack Greenburg and Jim Nabrit traveled they chose to stay in
what two places?
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He couldn’t say anything about King, who clearly was in league with communists, Pg. 102
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, William Sullivan considered informing Jack Greenburg about a
planned assassination on his life. Why did he conclude that he couldn’t inform Dr. King about his
assassination threats?
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His brother on the Drexter, Pg. 112
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, Officer Jenkins saved Greenburg’s life not because he was a good
cop but for _____.
Term
Parkinson’s disease pg, 117
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, Duvy’s grandfather was afflicted with which disease?
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the tail, pg. 121
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, what part of a cooked goose is known as “the pope’s nose”?
Term
He threatened to have Hadley’s father-in-law and every member on his wife’s side audited,
Pg. 124
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, how did Attorney George Ribbon persuade Chief Hadley to
“increase security on Greenburg one thousand percent”?
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He blinked his eyes twice, Pg. 13
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, when Jack Greenburg was unhappy or disturbed what facial tick did
he develop?
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They led a line of African Americans through the “Whites” entrance of the building, Pg. 145
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, what heroic act did Dorothy and Hector Milton lead at the Voter
Registration Office?
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If, pg. 148
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, David was apprehensive about preparing something for the Tiger’s
picnic. After reading what poem did he decide to prepare pear strudel?
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Your father has no choice, Pg. 156
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, when learning of Jack’s attempted assassination while watching the
news, Mrs. Greenburg comforted Josiah by saying, “Dad will be alright and _______”?
Term
The Thunderbolt, Newspaper of the Ku Klux Klan, pg. 71
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, reaching into the mailbox to retrieve his latest edition of Popular
Science, David found this document.
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Judge Frank Johnson, Pg. 66
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, who was considered the most hated man in Alabama?
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Because more of them had died than us, Pg. 73
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, what made David believe that America was winning the Vietnam
War?
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“Because he didn’t say please. I cannot abide discourteous children.”, Pg. 97
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, the woman behind the counter of Beverley Bakery refused to give
the African American student a cookie not because she was racist but because__________.
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“Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever”, Pg. 44
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, Governor Wallace’s favorite phrase was _____.
Term
Milton’s Engine Repair, pg. 144
Definition
In the book A Tugging String, after being fired from Gallagher’s Hector Milton opened what
business?
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