"One Friday Morning" test

In the first paragraph, Nancy Lee is described as

• a good artist

• calm and quiet

• nervous and anxious

• calm and proud

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

One April day, the vice principal called Nancy to the office because _______________.

• She had won the annual art scholarship

• She had passed a note to her friend in French class

• she had an F in chemisty

• she was being picked on because she was not accepted by her peers since she was black

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Nancy Lee planned to accept the award not for herself alone but also for

• her family, who helped her write her speech

• her art teacher, Miss O'Shay, who helped her with her painting

• her race, who believed in American opportunity and American fairness

• George Washington High School

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

The second time that Nancy Lee went to the vice principal's office, Miss O'Shay made the announcement that.....

• her art work was brilliant and she deserved the scholarship

• She would not receive the scholarship

• She would have to continue to fight for Democracy just as she did as an Irish immigrant

• her painting still would be displayed she just would not go to the art school

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Why did the committee deny Nancy Lee the award?

• The judges thought it would be unfair for her to be the "only colored girl" in the Art School.

• The committee did not like that Nancy is black, and they have never allowed black people into the art school.

• The committee members were ignorant about what good quality art was.

• The committee wrote a letter saying it was important to rotate the award among various high schools.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Miss Dietrich was Nancy Lee's

• English teacher

• science teacher

• art teacher

• principal

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Miss Dietrich wanted her students' work to be

• difficult

• on time

• correct

• original

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Identify the imagery present:

"...had taken part in the senior musical in a soft, velvety voice, and had never seemed to intrude or stand out,..."

• sight

• touch

• sound

• smell

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The elderly African American woman in Nancy Lee's picture is based on

• her mother

• her favorite teacher

• her dentist

• her grandmother in the South

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Nancy Lee's

• grandmother planned to come to the assembly where Nancy would get the award.

• father could not come to the assembly where Nancy would get the award.

• brother won the same award the year before.

• goal was to be an art teacher at a high school.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1