1. Name: _______________________________________ Date: __________
Pages 82 – 93 of The Rains
How did Reverends Hightower and Catto disagree over the fire?
Who led a delegation to see the mayor? Who else was in the delegation?
Who was with the mayor at the meeting?
Why was Flanagan so angry?
The mayor promised an investigation. Why didn’t Still and Emlen
believe him?
Who “gave the order to burn” Pennsylvania Hall?
What was the result of the Mayor’s investigation?
What happened three weeks after the Pennsylvania Hall fire and why
did the African American community see it as proof of?

2. What did Judge Andrews rule regarding voting rights?
What was Uncle Blue’s real name? How did he get his nickname?
When did Uncle Blue come to Philadelphia and why did he come?
Why did John Ansar speak at the meeting? What did he say was the
community’s “first Duty”?
What happened to Reverend Lovejoy?
What Bible verse did Still read? Why did it bring him comfort?
Write the text of a historical marker that could be placed at the site of
Pennsylvania Hall