We Beat the Street QUIZ ch 1-5

What was the name of the city they grew up in?

• Newark
• New York City
• New Jersey
• New Jack City

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What problem did Rameck have in school?

• bullied
• bored
• work too hard
• truant

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Who was George's favorite teacher?

• Miss Johnson
• Ms Dicksen
• Ms Scheuber
• Miss Shutway

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What kind of things did they see in their neighborhoods?

• safe streets and quiet streets
• drug dealers and street fights
• farmland and cows

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How did the boys deal with violence in their neighborhood?

• Turned the violators in to the police.

• They ignored the violence.

• They took bets to see who would be beaten up or killed.

How does the author mostly organize the passage/selection?

• Chronological order

• Sequential order

• The events are arranged in the order that they occurred.

• All of the above

What can the reader infer about Rameck's mom from the following passage? "I love your mama, but I don't trust her. She's got demons that eat at her soul."

• His mother is possessed.

• Rameck's mother is wicked and hurst people.

• Rameck's mother is battling depression.

• Rameck's mother is on drugs.

How does the authors introduce themselves to the audience?

• The introduction at the beginning of the book.

• Each chapter identifies which author is speaking.

• The authors all wrote the book together.

• Each individual author is identified at the beginning of the chapter with his age at the time of the event.

Which statement best summarizes the following paragraph: "But they are so well behaved! Isn't that school in the ghetto?"

• THe woman didn't know which school George attended.

• The woman assumed that since the school was in the ghetto that students would not be well behaved~ she stereotyped George.

• Since the kids all had matching sweaters, the woman thought they were bad students.

• The woman didn't know what to think.

How does the author introduce the topic of the chapter?

• The last page "A Conversation with..."

• The title of each chapter introduces the topic.

• both A & B

• none of the above