Bluford: A Matter of Trust Chap 1-3

In the following sentence, what does the word perspective mean?

"I'm just tryin' to help you out. You know, pass on the male perspective."

• problem

• request

• viewpoint

• personality

In the following except, what does the word humiliation mean?

Darcy knew [Hakeem] was reliving the humiliation of the report. He . . . would replay his stuttering spells over and over in his mind.

• success

• shame

• message

• pleasure

Who said the following words?

“Girl . . . give it a rest. We all got our lumps and bumps, and nobody gets outta this world without bein’ banged up. It’s not the end of the world that Hakeem messed up on a report. Let him work it out his own self.”

• Darcy

• Brisana

• Mr. Keenan

• Tarah

The following words were said by

“You’re the one who can’t even hold on to the first boy who ever paid any attention to you. Besides, if all of a sudden you can find sooo much in common with losers like Tarah and Cooper, surely I can change my mind about Hakeem. Which reminds me, I’ve got to run. Hakeem’s waiting for me in class.”

• Darcy

• Brisana

• Jamee

• Tarah

Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the selection below?

Tarah’s boyfriend, Cooper Hodden, just shook his head while other kids laughed. Cringing, Tarah shrank down in her seat. This was as hard for Hakeem’s friends to watch as it was for Hakeem to endure, Darcy thought. Then, finally, mercifully, Hakeem’s report was over, and he fled to his desk.

• Hakeem appreciates the excitement of giving oral reports

• Darcy, Tarah, and Cooper no longer want to be Hakeem’s friends.

• It was as hard for Hakeem’s friends to watch him be teased as it was for Hakeem

What is the central point of the following selection?

“Look, Darcy,” Hakeem said, “I know you want to help, but don’t stick up for me in class, okay? It just makes me look like even more of a fool than I already am. I mean, my mom used to do that. I’d be playing and I’d stutter, and the guys would diss me, and there’d be Mom yelling at them. I’d feel so bad I’d wish I was dead, and you know something? Sometimes I still do!”

• Hakeem wants Darcy to stop sticking up for him.

• Hakeem wishes Darcy were more like his mother

• Hakeem appreciates Darcy’s help.

Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the excerpt below?

Only a month ago, [Jamee] was getting terrible grades and hanging out with a bad crowd. But when Dad reappeared, she seemed to change for the better. She still played rap music much too loud, and Mom had to stop her from wearing short skirts to school, but she was getting decent grades now. And she had gotten rid of Bobby Wallace, the boyfriend who once punched her in an argument. Now she was dating a kid named Tyrone Penn whose worst fault was wearing a ton of gold chains.

• Jamee’s behavior has changed for the better since Dad reappeared.

• Jamee still enjoys loud rap music.

• Jamee dates the wrong kinds of boys.

Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the selection below?

Darcy felt wounded. People teased Hakeem because of his stuttering problem. Yet everybody in this neighborhood had so many problems, Darcy thought, so why try to drag Hakeem down for his speech problem? He was a good student and a pretty good athlete. He could sing better than anyone else she knew. And he had a heart of gold. No one, she thought, had any right to make fun of him for anything.

• Darcy has trouble understanding other people’s problems.

• Darcy can’t understand why people make fun of Hakeem.

• Hakeem is a good student and a pretty good athlete.

Based on the excerpt below, you can infer that

Darcy climbed into the cramped front seat of the pickup truck for a ride home just as Hakeem sped by on a shiny silver motorbike. Hakeem did not seem to notice Darcy, but she saw him—with Brisana Meeks sitting behind him with her arms around his waist. “That’s weird,” Darcy said. “I haven’t even seen his new bike, and there she is riding on it.”

• seeing Hakeem and Brisana together on Hakeem’s bike bothers Darcy.

• Brisana and Hakeem are dating.

• Hakeem likes Brisana more than he likes Darcy.

Why does Hakeem want Darcy to be at the race and what's his motivation to do well?

• He wants to impress Darcy.

• His father is sick.

• His mother is sick.

• He wants to show Darcy he is good at something.