Promises to Keep (beg. to page 9)

Who is the author of Promises to Keep?

• Jackie's wife

• Jackie Robinson

• Jackie's daughter

• Jackie's mother

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What can a reader learn about Jackie Robinson by looking at the front cover of Promises to Keep?

• Jackie played Major League Baseball.

• Jackie changed America.

• Jackie was a loving, supportive husband.

• Jackie was a fierce competitor on the baseball field.

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Which of the following is NOT a section title of the book?

• A Black and White World

• Jackie Robinson's Legacy

• A Failed Mission

• Signs of Hope

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What is the gist of the Introduction?

• Sharon and Jackie had a close relationship as father and daughter. Sharon has continued to live Jackie's legacy of excellence and service to others.

• Sharon knew her father well as an athlete, but she did not know him well as a man. She did not fully understand her dad's values.

• Jackie fought for civil rights throughout his lifetime in various ways.

• Segregation had become a "way of life" in the United States before Jackie broke the color barrier in baseball.

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According to the Introduction, Jackie taught his children all of the following lessons EXCEPT:

• to measure the value of your life by the positive impact you had on the lives of others

• to make commitments and keep them

• to challenge ideas that are unjust

• to worship honors, awards, trophies, etc. as a measure of success

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According to Sharon Robinson on p. 7, the purpose of writing Promises to Keep was to

• achieve her own fame so that she could follow in her father's footsteps.

• earn some extra money for the Breaking Barriers program.

• give readers another perspective of Jackie and a more "complete" account of his story.

• entertain readers with funny stories that her dad often told.

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What is the gist of the section "A Black and White World" on p. 8-9?

• The gist is that racism was a "way of life" in the U.S. Even after slaves were freed, they continued to experience racism and unjust treatment.

• Back in older times, photographs of events in U.S. history were only available in black and white due to the technology of the time.

• Although he was not a politician, Jim Crow influenced people to support desegregation through his music and dances.

• After a period of slavery in the U.S., racism and segregation ceased to exist as a "way of life."

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According to the timeline on p. 8-9, what important event took place between 1861-1865?

• President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

• The importation of slaves was banned.

• All male citizens were given the right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment.

• The Civil War raged on between the northern and the southern states.

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What does the word "segregation" mean?

• to rebel against an idea that you don't believe in

• the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.

• prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group

• without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel.

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On p. 8-9, sharecropping is mentioned. What is sharecropping?

• a market where people share and exchange things they have grown or made to help one another

• dividing land up equally among all people so that each family receives a fair share of crops

• Sharecropping is a system where a land owner allows another person to use his land for farming in exchange for a share of the crop.

• farming without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel treatment of animals and crops.

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