From Bad Boy

In "Bad Boy" what happens when Walter and his friends run into a group of girls exercising in the gym?

• The boys make fun of the girls for not being interested in basketball

• The girls and boys dance together while Walter reads a poem out loud.

• The girls challenge the boys to do their exercises, but the boys cannot.

• The Boys invite the girls to play basketball, but the girls do dancing exercises instead.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

In "Bad Boy" what is Walter led to believe that the boys should not do?

• Dance, Play ball, Follow Hockey

• Exercise, Read Books, Play Basketball

• Read Books, Write Poems, Dance

• Play Stoop Ball, Write Poems, Exercise

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

At what stage of life is Walter, the narrator, when the events of the selection from Bad Boy take place?

• small child

• grade schooler

• teenager

• young adult

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

In the selection from Bad Boy, why does Walter feel a connection to the children he sees on the trolley?

• The children appear to Walter as if they, too, are trying to fit in with their friends.

• The children are from Walter’s neighborhood and share similar struggles

• The children are on their way to the library, a place Walter loves.

• The children, like Walter, are readers who are carrying books.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which of the following statements best explains how Walter, the narrator of the selection from Bad Boy, feels about books?

• Walter values books because they provide comfort and escape.

• Walter is interested in books because the people he respects read them.

• Walter is passionate about books and will fight the older boys over them.

• Walter likes books but prefers “boy” activities, such as basketball and punchball.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

If it is correct to say that Teresa is disgusted by a joke, then which of the following statements must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of disgusted.

• She finds the joke funny.

• She thinks the joke is stupid.

• She finds the joke unpleasant.

• She has heard the joke too often.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

If Marla can correctly be described as desperate for an afternoon nap, which of the following must be true?

• She refuses to take an afternoon nap.

• She is too busy for an afternoon nap.

• She greatly desires to take an afternoon nap.

• She is about to wake up from an afternoon nap.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the most likely meaning of respected as it is used in the following sentence?

Mrs. Evans is the most respected dance teacher in our town.

• feared

• graceful

• admired

• expensive

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following statements is a central idea in the selection from Bad Boy?

• If you organize your friends into categories, you might lose them.

• People often have sides of themselves that they do not let others see.

• Making fun of people in “harmless” ways can have lasting negative effect.

• Playing sports can build character, but not when a person is pressured to play.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which quotation from Bad Boy most clearly supports the answer to question 9.

• Most of the girls I knew couldn’t play ball, and that excluded them from most of what I wanted to do with my life.

• I didn’t want to fight about books. Books were special and said something about me that I didn’t want to reveal.

• We often played ball in the church gym, and one rainy day, along with my brother Mickey and some of “my guys,” I went to the gym.

• A teenager, Lorelle Henry, was leading the group, and she was pretty, so we sent a few woo-woos her way.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3