I Never Had It Made Excerpt Quiz

Which of the following inferences about Jacky is best supported by the sentences below?

It was the opening day of the world series and I was for the first time playing in the series as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers team. It was a history-making day. It would be the first time that a black man would be allowed to participate in a world series. I had become the first black player in the major leagues.

• A. Jackie regrets becoming a baseball player.

• B. Jackie is aware of his importance as the first black player

• C. Jackie thinks his life was much better when he was younger.

• D. Jackie feels that black players should form their own league.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What do the following lines from paragraph 4 mainly reveal about the narrator’s views?

Black people supported me with total loyalty. They supported me morally: they came to sit in a hostile audience in unprecedented numbers to make the turnstiles hum as they never had before at ballparks all over the nation. Money is America’s God, and business people can dig black power if it coincides with green power, so these fans were important to the success of Mr. Rickey’s "Noble Experiment."

• A. He doesn’t believe that most black people actually liked the sport of baseball.

• B. He realizes that he was only able to keep playing because he made money for the team owners.

• C. He doesn’t think that Mr. Rickey was a very honest person.

• D. He believes that most Americans are corrupt.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which of the following best explains the (Jackie) narrator’s feelings about Mr. Rickey’s intentions?

• A. He wonders if he’ll ever know Mr. Rickey’s true intentions.

• Mr. Rickey was a man that only wanted to get rich.

• C. He believes that Mr. Rickey wanted to sell the Brooklyn Dodgers to someone else.

• D. He thinks Mr. Rickey was very brave to choose Jackie.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which of the following best identifies the narrator’s feelings about why his teammates ultimately accepted him?

• A. He thinks they only accepted him because he made the team more likely to win.

• B. He thinks some of them cared about him, and eventually saw him as a friend.

• C. Both A and B

• D. Neither A nor B

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which meaning of the word condemned most closely matches its meaning in the following excerpt?

Some of the press condemned him as a fool and a demagogue. But he didn’t give in.

• A. | verb | did not like him, expressed public disapproval of

• B. | verb | sentenced to death

• C. | verb | declared (of a building) unfit for use

• D. | verb | proved or showed someone’s guilt

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which person made this comment? “His peers and fellow baseball moguls exerted all kinds of influence to get him to change his mind.”

• Branch Rickey

• Rachel

• Jackie Robinson

• Pee Wee Reese

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who made this comment: “... never afraid to either criticize or comfort me.”

• Branch Rickey

• Jackie Robinson

• Rachel

• Pee Wee Reese

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who made this comment: “There were threats against me and my family and even out-and-out attempts at physical harm to me.”

• Branch Rickey

• Jackie Robinson

• Rachel

• Pee Wee Reese

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who made this comment: “... turned into a staunch friend.”

• Branch Rickey

• Jackie Robinson

• Rachel

• Pee Wee Reese

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What Major League team did Jackie Robinson play for?

• Brooklyn Dodgers

• Boston Red Sox

• Yankees

• Houston Astros

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10