2nd Quarter Review (8th Grade Online)

Baseball: What was unusual about the author and his friends that played the game?

• The always played after dark.

• They only had 5 players.

• They made up their own rules.

• They played without a real ball.

Baseball: How did Father Zavala react to the games the children played?

• He laughed with enjoyment.

• He was upset they ran on his lawn.

• He asked to be referee.

• He told them to be quiet.

Baseball: What was Uncle Adolfo's reaction to the way the children played?

• He urged them to learn the official rules.

• He joined the game.

• He yelled at them.

• He was surprised.

Harriet Tubman: What detail does the author include to characterize Tubman as courageous?

• She planned the trips to begin on Sundays.

• She led runaways knowing she faced being hanged.

• A man refused to accept her and the runaways.

• The runaways stayed with her when she slept.

Harriet Tubman: The fact that one house on the Underground Railroad refused to help the runaways shows that

• Many people refused to help enslaved people

• Life was difficult for enslaved people in the South

• Few people knew about Tubman in the North

• Freeing enslaved people was a dangerous activity

Harriet Tubman: Petry shows Tubman encouraging the runaways despite her own fear. This helps characterize Tubman as someone who

• lived a life that was filled with constant fear

• could put aside her fear to help others

• recklessly put others' lives in danger

• refused to accept reality as others saw it

The Vision of Maya Ying Lin: What Memorial did Maya Lin design?

• Lincoln Memorial

• Missing Soldier Memorial

• Pearl Harbor Memorial

• Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The Vision of Maya Ying Lin: According to “Always to Remember,” who had the idea that Vietnam veterans deserved a memorial?

• two lawyers

• Maya's professor at Yale

• a Vietnam Veteran -- Jan Scruggs

• the author, Brent Ashabranner

The Vision of Maya Ying Ling: According to “Always to Remember,” what was not an important condition for the design of the memorial?

• It had to be very easy to take care of

• It had to be very tall

• It had to fit in the park's environment

• It had to have artistic merit

The Trouble With Television: What is Robert MacNeil trying to persuade people to do in "The Trouble With Television"?

• Avoid certain violent shows

• Watch less television

• Boycott products by certain television sponsors

• Watch more shows on public television