Question
1. What was the setting of War of The
Wall?
2. What was the main conflict in the War The children were unhappy that their
of the Wall?
3. What impact did the setting have on
the characters?
4. What was the CLIMAX of the story
the War of the Wall?
5. Why is the fact that the wall is
dedicated to the people in the
community ironic?
6. What about the character of the
painter lady contributes to the
community distrust in her?
7. Themes that can be inferred from the
text include.
8. When an author writes in a way that
shows how characters speak, based on
where they live or their social status
then they are using what technique to
reveal more about their characters?
9. What moment was the climax of the
story; the point of greatest suspense
when the characters actually
experience their learning?
Answer
A small African American
community in the South
wall was being painted by a strange
lady
The children were possessive of and
ready to defend the wall because it
was IN their neighborhood.
The community sees the mural and
it reveals that it is dedicated to the
people in the neighborhood.
The reader and the people in the
story do not expect that to happen.
The Painter Lady is not polite, does
not eat their food, and does not
explain to them ahead of time why
she is painting the wall.
Sometimes first impressions are not
always right. Don't judge a book by
its cover.
What a character says, dialect, and
this is a type of indirect
characterization.
When the mural is revealed.
10.How is the conflict in the story
resolved?
The community sees that the mural
is dedicated to them and in memory
of the Painter Ladies' cousin, one of
their community members who died
in the war.