Dolores Huerta: Growing Up Strong Comprehension

The genre for Dolores Huerta: Growing Up Strong is

• realistic fiction

• biography

• expository text

• folktale

Where was Dolores born?

• California

• Arizona

• New Mexico

• Texas

What important lessons did Dolores' mother teach her?

• spring is the best time to plant crops

• how to use a sewing machine

• people deserved to be treated fairly

• women can be strong leaders

How did Dolores' mother help the community?

• she gave people jobs at her restaurant

• she hired poor people as housekeepers in her hotel

• she let poor people stay at her hotel and eat at her restaurant for free

• she taught the kids how to read and write

Many of the students that Dolores taught did not have

• food

• parents

• good ideas

• shoes

Other teachers did not agree with Dolores' ideas.

• true

• false

What group did Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez create together?

• National Women Against Farmers

• National Farm Workers Association

• Farm Workers For Freedom

• Shoes For Children Foundation

When did Dolores meet Cesar Chavez?

• 1933

• 1955

• 1960

• 1962

Dolores Huerta is a good citizen.

• true

• false

What was the author's purpose for writing this selection?

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain