149-164 GB 25&26

Why did Emmett Till want to go to Mississippi?

• he wanted to go to the new theme park

• he wanted to spend the summer working in the fields

• he wanted to spend the summer with his cousins

• he wanted to visit his grandparents

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Mother shares that she moved the family out of Mississippi because

• She did not like her family there

• she wanted to move somewhere with cooler weather

• she wanted to move somewhere with hotter weather

• she wanted to move somewhere they could have a better life

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How many days was Emmett Till in Mississippi before he was killed?

• 2 days

• 4 days

• 7 days

• a month

"Sweat cloaks everybody."

In the sentence above, what does the word cloaks mean?

• drips

• beads

• covers

• sticky

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Maurice warns Emmett about the white people in town. He tells Emmett all of these things EXCEPT:

• say yes ma'am and say no sir

• never look white people in the eyes

• let white people pass first

• open doors for the white people

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Emmett says that he is not afraid to talk to white people in Mississippi because:

• He is not afraid of them

• He talks to them all the time in Chicago

• He wants to be friends with the white people

• He thinks they are all the same no matter their skin color

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

In our book, what did Emmett Till say to the white lady in the shop?

• Hey baby

• Have a good day

• What's up buttercup

• Goodbye

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Simeon is most concerned about Emmett going into the store because:

• Emmett did not have any money

• Emmett was very rude to white people

• Emmett spoke to and touched a white person

• Emmett went into a whites only store

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

The lady from the shop thought that Emmett was whistling at her.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

We find out that Emmett Till and the Ghost Boys appear because:

• everyone one of them need their story told

• they want just Jerome's story heard

• they want Emmett Till's story told

• they want Tamir Rice's story told

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3