The Rights to the Streets of Memphis + Quotations Practice

Who is the author of the piece "The Rights to the Streets of Memphis"?

• Roald Dahl
• Robert Left
• Richard Wright
• Rupert Stockton

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

What does the narrator realize is the reason for his hunger to in the story?

• his mother's passing

• his father's leaving

• his brother's deportation

• his sister's wedding

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The purpose of this story would be to show

• that the narrator learned how to be confident.
• that the narrator got others to feel sorry for him.
• that the narrator learned how to play baseball.
• that the narrator became a man and got a job.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In the text, the narrator says, "...I began wake up at night to find hunger standing at my bedside beside me...." This is an example of what?

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the ultimate goal the narrator is trying to achieve?

• to get food because he is hungry

• to defend his family

• to become part of a gang

• to defend himself

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

During the scene when Richard "...yelled, pleaded, kicked, but they wrenched the money out of ...[his] hand," what kind of conflict was he experiencing?

• Character vs. Technology

• Character vs. Character

• Character vs. Self

• Character vs. Nature

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

What does retaliate mean?

• noise

• payback

• whip

• extreme

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Richard experienced true turmoil when his mother gave him and ultimatum. "I shook with

fright. I was alone upon the dark, hostile streets and gangs were after me." Based on what you know, what kind of conflict might he have been feeling?

• character vs. society

• character vs. character

• character vs. self

• character vs. technology

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

The climax of the story occurs when

• the gang of boys beats up Richard

• Richard's mother gives Richard a stick

• Richard decides to fight the boys

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Choose the correct punctuation/capitalization:

I persuaded Matthew to stay for dinner since, "It isn't a bother and would be fun."

• I persuaded Matthew to stay for dinner since, "It isn't a bother and would be fun."

• I persuaded Matthew to stay for dinner since "it isn't a bother and would be fun."

• I persuaded Matthew to stay for dinner since: "It isn't a bother and would be fun."

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6