Shirley Chisholm Asynchronous

Shirley Chisholm Asynchronous

Read the passages and answer the questions.

Multiple Choice

Which definition of bid was used in the first sentence?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Based on the following part of a sentence, from where do you infer Shirley's father came from?

"..to a Barbadian mother, Ruby Seale and a Guyanese father, Charles St. Hill."

• Russia

• Mexico

• Barbados

• Guyana

Multiple Choice

Why did her parents migrate to the United States?

• To escape war

• To find a better life.

• It was too hot in the Caribbean.

• It was prettier here.

Multiple Choice

What word from paragraph 2 tells us that her parents' jobs were hard?

• migrated

• extremely

• descent

• strenuous

Multiple Choice

What happened because her parent's didn't want the girls to suffer?

• They had strenuous jobs.

• They sent them back home to Barbados.

• They migrated to the United States.

• They bought them nice things.

Multiple Select

Check the two facts.

• Life in the United States is better than life in Barbados.

• Shirley's parents migrated from the Caribbean.

• Shirley's parents' jobs were very difficult to do.

• Shirley's parents sent her and her sisters back to Barbados.

Multiple Choice

Who did Shirley and her sister go live with?

• Their mother's father

• Their mother's aunt

• Their mother's mother

• Their father's father

Multiple Choice

Which best describes where where Shirley lived in Barbados?

• In a large busy city

• Out in the suburbs

• Out in the country

• In a large town

Multiple Choice

How do you know Shirley had a good education?

• It said her teachers were strict

• She went to a one room schoolhouse.

• She was given lots of homework,

• She gave credit to her education for her success.

Multiple Select

Which two did she give credit to for her success?

• Her parents hard work at their jobs.

• Her education

• The loving upbringing she got from her grandfather.

• The loving upbringing she got from her grandmother.

Multiple Select

Which two are opinions?

• Shirley lived with her grandmother for 5 years.

• Her school was too strict.

• The village she lived in was very peaceful.

• Shirley lived in village of Vauxhall.