Warriors Don't Cry

This excerpt is written in the _______________ tense, from a ______________ point of view.

• present; first person

• present; third person

• past; first person

• past; third person

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Melba Pattillo Beals tells the story of her struggle to survive as one of ________ African American students sent to integrate the all-white Central High School in _____________, Arkansas, in 1954.

• seven, Big Cliffs, 1960

• nine, Little Rock, 1954

• nineteen, Hershey, 2021

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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

In 1954, the Supreme Court decision ______________________________ declared that segregation was unconstitutional and schools must be integrated.

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• United States v. Windsor

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

____________________ sent federal troops to Little Rock to make sure the students got in safely. In this excerpt from her ________________, Warriors Don’t Cry, Beals describes how the soldiers escorted them through the crowds into the school.

• President Lincoln, biography

• President Trump, diary

• President Eisenhower, memoir

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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

How does the presence of the students affect the crowd in different ways according to the text?

• Everyone was both excited and surprised

• some people cry or pray

• some people raise their fist and shout ugly words

• Both B and C are correct

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Based on the following passage, how does Beals feel when she is escorted through the crowds?

I felt proud and sad at the same time. Proud that I lived in a country that would go this far to bring justice to a Little Rock girl like me, but sad that they had to go to such great lengths. Yes, this is the United States, I thought to myself. There is a reason that I salute the flag. If these guys just go with us this first time, everything’s going to be okay.

• She feels conflicted -- proud and sad at the same time.

• She feels jealous of the white students for having such a grand school.

• She feels happy that she will finally get a quality education in a school with state of the art technology.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

What does the word integrate mean in paragraph 7 of the selection?

• the act of separating people because of different racial groups

• the act of bringing people together into equal participation

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the word eerie mean in paragraph 5?

• soothing and relaxing

• peaceful

• joyful

• strange in a frightening mysterious way

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How is mother feeling in paragraph 6 of the selection?

• She was confused.

• She was angry.

• She was sad and worried.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

In paragraph 7, how do Beals’s feelings contrast (differ) with the feelings of the crowd?

• The narrator feels spiritual and uplifted as the minister prays and the adults are not focusing on his words. The reader can infer that the adults are worried about police brutality and think that integration will not work.

• The narrator feels hopeful for the first time during integration while many of the adults cry out of fear. The reader can infer that some of the students may not fully understand the seriousness of the situation.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3