School's Out for Summer Quiz

Which statement best summarizes the article “School's Out for Summer”?

• Children enjoy the summer months.
• Children enjoy attending the YMCA during the summer.
• Some children will go hungry during the summer months.
• Some children will swim throughout the summer.

Which sentence from “School's Out for Summer” best supports the idea that some students have limited options in the summer? 

• "Some parents who can't afford or find those kinds of services park their vacationing children in front of the television, lock the door, and go to work hoping for the best."
• "T-shirts stained with Kool-Aid and flip-flops gray with street grit or backyard dust."
• "The success of the school lunch program has been, of course, that the food goes where the children are."
• "That's right.  In America."

Which statement best explains how the paragraph beginning with the phrase "And some kids don't get enough to eat...." conveys the author's purpose in “School's Out for Summer”?

• It states that Washington is responsible for the benefits of all children.
• It illustrates that children receive lunch benefits throughout the school year and obviously still need these benefits during the summer.
• It compares the summer and winter budget in order to determine financing for lunches.
• It conveys that welfare reform is an issue in the American society.

Read the excerpt from the article “School's Out for Summer:”
"Of all the humiliations attached to being poor in a prosperous nation, not being able to feed your kids is at the top of the list."
Which statement best explains how this excerpt contributes to the message of the article? 

• It suggests that the minimum wage needs to be raised for parents. 
• It shows the state of the world, which is okay.
• It suggests that being unable to provide meals for children equals being a bad parent, which is why parents don't want to ask for help.
• It illustrates that hunger is an issue that Washington needs to solve.

Which statement is best supported by the following sentence from “School's Out for Summer?"
"We Americans like need that takes place far from home, so we can feel simultaneously self-congratulatory and safe from the possibility that hard times could be lurking around the corner." 

• The author conveys the importance of understanding that child hunger is a global issue that needs to be addressed.
• The author extends the metaphor to include other continents.
• The author compares other countries to show division between the countries.
• The author succeeds in isolating the political involvement of India and Iran.

Which sentence from “School's Out for Summer” best supports the idea that lunch during the school-year is just as important as lunch during the summer?

• "Some kids just wander in a wilder world than the one that existed when their parents had summers free."
• "When the Ad Council convened focus groups not long ago to help prepare a series of public service announcements on child hunger, there was a fairly unanimous response."
• "A permit to sell weapons is just two."
• "For lots of poor families it's become a way to count on getting at least one decent meal into their children, and when it disappears it's catastrophic."

Which phrase best describes the meaning of "unanimous” as it is used in “School's Out for Summer?"

• Not legitimate
• Agreement
• Angry
• Understood

Which statement best explains how “Student's Out for Summer” and “Declaration of the Rights of the Child” relate to each other? 

• Summer vacation is a right for all children.
• The same committee wrote and researched both articles.
• Both discuss the rights of parents against children.
• Eating lunch in the summer is a right every child should have.

Which word best describes the tone of the article?

• Painful Humiliation
• Angry Humor
• Peacefully Objective
• Objective Skepticism

Why might the author's purpose in pointing out, "The average length of a food stamp application is twelve often impenetrable pages; a permit to sell weapons is just two."

• The author illustrates humor effectively.
• The author is demonstrating the irony of gaining a weapon versus food.
• The author states the issue of too much paperwork and not enough action.
• The author suggests a reform is needed.