Curtis Aikens and the American Dream

A cause is

• an idea you believe in.

• a difficult lesson to learn.

• an event that changes your life.

• a journey to the place you were born.

When people make a confession, they tell a

• lie.

• story.

• secret.

• reason.

Fate means the future that you

• worry about.

• try to prevent.

• expect to happen.

• wish would happen.

Literacy means the ability to

• finish school.

• read and write.

• speak two languages.

• listen and understand.

Your reputation is

• an opinion you have of yourself.

• an opinion you want to keep secret.

• an opinion other people have of you.

• an opinion you have about other people.

Chronological order means events are arranged by

• time.

• place.

• cause.

• importance.

Which of these events happened last?

• Curtis took French lessons.

• Curtis got a job at a grocery store.

• Curtis drove across the country and got lost.

• Curtis opened a wholesale produce business.

Which sentence from the biography includes a signal word that helps show the order of events?

• The world started to look like a very limited place.

• He'd noticed buyers from restaurants coming in for produce.

• After one particularly bad argument, he went home to plot a new course.

• Curtis couldn't sound out the letters, but he didn't make many mistakes.

Curtis finally learned to read because he

• wanted to write a column for a newspaper.

• wanted to return to college to finish his education.

• needed to read a cookbook on live television for his show.

• realized he could not run a business without knowing how to read.

Today, Curtis's main dream is to

• write a book about his life.

• help other people learn to read.

• start another produce business.

• become an important television chef.