Promises To Keep Pages 6 - 27

Who is the author of "Promises To Keep"?

• Rachel Robinson

• Mack Robinson

• Jackie Robison's Daughter

• Sharon Robinson

• Both 3 and 4

Which saying did Jackie have for his daughter?

• You are my sunshine

• I love you to the moon and back

• Just put your fingertip in my tea and I won't need any sugar

• You are my sweetest girl

Jackie's parents and grandparents were which of the following:

• slaves

• sharecroppers

• land owners

• athletes

The Jim Crow era was known as which of the following:

• A time when people of all races came together

• A period of illegal segregation

• When freedmen and women attended schools

• A period of legal segregation when a fictional character clowned around and made fun of African Americans.

After years of dealing with the frustrations of sharecropping

• The Robinson Family continued to sharecrop on another farm

• Jerry Robinson deserted his family

• Sharon Robinson moved her family to California

• Sharon Robinson stayed in Georgia and continued to farm

Mallie Robinson and her family moved to ______________, California

• Los Angeles

• San Francisco

• Pasadena

• Oakland

What did Jackie Robinson do while his siblings went to school and his mother worked:

• went to a Preschool

• stayed home with his uncle

• went with his mom to work

• went to school with his sister and played alone in a sandbox outside her classroom

What was unique about buying a house on Pepper Street?

• It was in an all white neighborhood

• They bought a mansion

• Mallie had a light skinned niece buy the house who would pass as as someone who was white

• The neighbors were very welcoming to the neighborhood

Which of the following did NOT happen to the Robinson family in their new neighborhood:

• the neighbors invited them over for a pool party

• someone burned a cross in their front yard

• a father threw stones at an eight (8) year old Jackie Robinson

• Jackie got into a name calling fight with a neighborhood girl

Which of the following jobs did Jackie do when he was in junior high to help his family with money:

• delivered newspapers

• cutting grass for neighbors

• work as a local lifeguard

• sell hot dogs during a football game