Chris Gardner's "Go Forward" Prologue RCQs

In "Go Forward," Gardner shares two events that positively changed his life. What are they?

• meeting his wife at a San Jose Sharks game

• talking to the "Ferrari guy" at the hospital

• winning first place at a math competition in middle school

• watching a college basketball game, being spoken to by his mother

Which branch of the military did Gardner serve in?

• Navy

• Marines

• Air Force

• Army

Match the following uses of figurative language below.

• "San Francisco...laid herself out with arms open."

• simile

• "...with city lights like rare jewels"

• imagery

• "San Francisco was...the Land of Milk and Honey, and the Emerald City of Oz."

• personification

• "A white guy, dark-haired, clean-shaven, of average height and slight build..."

• allusion

• "At night the city was an aphrodisiac," a food or drug that makes people want to be intimate

• metaphor

When Gardner talks to the Ferrari guy, he asks two questions: "What do you __" and "How do you __ it?"

(a)  

What kind of work does the Ferrari guy do?

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Why does Gardner spend a lot of time describing the homelessness crisis that plagued (negatively affected) San Francisco in the 1980s? Choose all that apply.

• to highlight how many homeless are "invisible" to most people

• to build empathy for those who are struggling

• to show that those who are homeless may one day become rich and successful like himself

• to bring greater awareness of the suffering of the "working poor," and to be inspired to do something about it

• to complain about the problem

Match the following words with their quotes from "Go Forward."

• million dollars

• "Also, the walk didn't have to be long strides; ____ _____ counted too."

• I could

• "'If you want to, one day you could make a _______ _______.'"

• baby steps

• "'Chris, you can't be Miles Davis because...'"

• mental focus

• "As long as I kept my ______ _____" on desinations that were ahead...I protected myself from despair."

• he already got that job.

• "...if I wanted to do something, whatever it was, _ _____."

From the red Ferrari guy, Gardner is shown the way to discover ​ (a)   type of job he could apply himself to and also ​ (b)   to do it. From his mother, he is inspired to believe that he ​ (c)   attain whatever goals he sets for himself.

• what
• how
• could

Based on Gardner's descriptions, what was his childhood like? Choose all that apply.

• was rich

• Gardner moved a lot

• stepfather was aggressive and angry a lot

• lived in a poor, dangerous

• moved all across the country