A Museum of Their Own

The museum staff is probably excited about new building, because

• it will have room to display the autographed baseball.

• it got $15 million to buy the building.

• it is the exact building where the Negro Leagues began.

• the vacant building was once a YMCA.

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Examples of figurative language in this passage include all the following EXCEPT

• black players finally got their shot at the majors.

• Nurse it!

• the vacant building is an old YMCA.

• the small museum struck out.

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The reason African Americans were not allowed to play with white players was

• they weren't as athletic as white players.

• that there were too few hotels that they could stay in.

• that they were too old.

• due to the practice of segregation.

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After baseball became integrated, which of the following records were made:

• Satchel Paige was probably the oldest major-league rookie.

• "Cool Papa" Bell stole 173 bases.

• Henry Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home-run record.

• all of the above.

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According to the passage, officials have all of the following plans for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum EXCEPT

• expanding the current museum.

• purchasing a nearby YMCA building.

• turning the museum into a restaurant.

• staying in Kansas City, MO.

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In this passage, the small museum can't afford to purchase an expensive autographed baseball. How is the problem solved?

• Visitors will be charged more to enter the museum.

• A $15 million project will help the museum grow its collection.

• The museum will no longer include autographed baseballs in its collection.

• The baseball will be donated to the museum.

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What was the author trying to convey by stating that "the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is about to hit a home run" in the fourth paragraph?

• Many African-American players were famous home-run hitters.

• The museum is enlarging its collection and adding space.

• The old YMCA building is part of the Negro Leagues' history.

• Many African-Americans in baseball once faced segregation.

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Read the following sentence from the passage: "The vacant building is an old YMCA where the first Negro League was born."

In this sentence, the word vacant means

• occupied

• dirty

• blank

• empty

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Which statement best describes the central idea of this passage?

• Some of baseball's best players were in the Negro League.

• The Negro League began in 1920 because African Americans weren't allowed to play with white baseball players.

• The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is expanding to better tell the story of African Americans in baseball.

• The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is home to many different kinds of memorabilia.

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The question below is an incomplete sentence. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

__________ of remaining unused, the YMCA building will now be a part of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

• Yet

• But

• Otherwise

• Instead

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