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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
How does the children's understanding of who the drivers of the caravan of cars were looking for compare with T.J.'s explanation of who these men were after?
The children think (in error) that the 'night men' are coming for them because of the school-bus incident where they yelled at the bus as it drove by. TJ corrects them and tells them that the men are angry because a black man called them liars.