Crossover Questions for "Game" and "Slam, Dunk, & Hook"

In the selection "Game", and the poem, "Slam, Dunk & Hook", the reader can conclude that the theme is

• the importance of friendship in a time of strife.

• the importance of camaraderie and teamwork.

• the importance of family in whichever form it comes.

• the importance of having a support system on which you can rely.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read these lines from the selections, "Game" and "Slam, Dunk, & Hook." [She didn't expect me to have my stuff together, so I sat at my desk looking all stupid while she got her steam up...] [Trouble Was there slapping a blackjack Against an open palm.] The reader can infer that the young men are being

• misunderstood because of their environment.

• treated as if they are not valuable.

• stereotyped because of their race.

• discriminated because they are young men.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

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CCSS.RL.8.5

BOTH selections reflect the significance of the characters' positive self-esteem. Which lines best convey this significance?

• If I could get big-time and get picked up by a smoking college program, I thought I could make it to the NBA./We were metaphysical when girls Cheered on the sidelines.

• I let it slide because you can't win with a teacher./...Like storybook sea monsters.

• My high school basketball career had been dope./...Of joy, & we knew we were Beautiful & dangerous.

• both 1 and 3 are correct

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

BOTH selections, "Game" and "Slam, Dunk, & Hook", share a common idea of escape. What piece of evidence from "Game" supports this idea?

• It was a dream, but it was a dream I could back up.

• She knew I wasn't about gangs. I was about ball. Ball made me different than guys who ended up on the sidewalk framed by some yellow tape.

• Lots of dudes talked the talk ad a few could even walk the walk...

• The thing was to make it to the tournaments in March, when the college coaches would be making their final report.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

Based on the selections, "Game" and "Slam, Dunk, & Hook", the reader can infer that the narrators believe that

• basketball is a solution for all of their problems.

• basketball helps build pride and self-respect.

• basketball is a means of getting out of a hopeless situation.

• basketball is a sport that helps you build physical and mental muscles.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7