A Mighty Long Way Chapters 1 and 2

Who was Jackie Robinson?

• an African-American basketball player

• an African-American baseball player

• an African-American football player

• a White-American baseball player

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Jackie Robinson is historically important, because he:

• started a female baseball team

• became the first black player on a white team

• fought for religious integration

• integrated public schools

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What word would best define Carlotta's neighborhood?

• hostile

• dangerous

• friendly

• dilapidated

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who was Emmett Till?

• a classmate of Carlotta's

• Carlotta's husband

• a famous athlete

• a boy who was killed by white vigilantes for whistling at a white

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is a synonym for "surrogate"?

• friend

• enemy

• substitute

• parent

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A federal law is different from a state law, because:

• it is older.

• it applies to the whole country, as opposed to only the state.

• it is about personal values rather than right and wrong

• it always involves the military

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

Brown v. the Board of Education was about:

• the inequality of school segregation by race.

• inequality in housing by race.

• integration of sports teams.

• putting students in ability groups.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

Black and white children playing sports in Carlotta's neighborhood:

• waited outside one another's houses for their friends to come out.

• were frequently invited in for lemonade by their friend's mother.

• never entered each other's neighborhoods.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

Which state was "more racist" in Carlotta's view?

• Alabama

• Mississippi

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What field did Carlotta consider pursuing?

• politics

• teaching

• science

• painting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3