When I Was the Greatest Ch 1

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Who gave Ali, Noodles, and Needles their nicknames?

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Jazz

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What is a possible theme for this first chapter?

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Family is family.

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Why does Doris give Ricky (Needles) knitting supplies?

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She thinks it will help him.

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Which of these quotes best describes how Ali feels about his neighborhood? "Black people don't even like to move on this block. People says it's bad." "The only reason she has to work so hard in the first place is because our rent keeps going up." "They didn't care about nothing when it came to who they let live there." "It's in our blood to get over it, especially when you're one of our own, and by that I mean, when you live on our block."

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"It's in our blood to get over it, especially when you're one of our own, and by that I mean, when you live on our block."

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Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe Ali? Loyal, Kind, Hard-working, Mean

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Mean