Assignment of My Life Quiz
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9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who inspired the narrator, Ruth Gruber, passion for writing?
Her first grade teacher of Irish descent
Her English professor at NYU
Her African American first grade teacher
Her mother who was a published author
British writer, Virginia Woolf
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CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.6.3
CCSS.RI.7.3
CCSS.RI.8.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Based on the information provided in the text, what year did the author compose "Assignment of My Life"
2001
2010
2011
2021
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CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
CCSS.RL. 11-12.9
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Based on Paragraph 2, how can the narrator best be described? Choose 2 answers
Driven
Unmotivated
Hard-working
Talented
Disappointed
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CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Even through initial rejection, Ruth Gruber accomplished some amazing feats. What publication did she not write for?
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
The Atlantic
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CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What struggles did Ruth Gruber faced after returning home with her PhD?
She was a woman in a male dominated career field.
She lacked experience as a writer.
She never took journalism.
She found that there were no opportunities back home in New York for her as a writer
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CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What turned things around for Ruth Gruber as a young writer?
Her college thesis was published in the New York Times.
Her college profession from the University of Cologne offered her a job.
Her role model, British writer, Virginia Woolf, mentored her.
Her first article was published about what she "knew" which was Brooklyn, her home.
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence from the text is a simile?
"...just as Hitler was rising to power..."
"...and her soft voice reading poetry was like music."
"...I would fight with every cell in my body..."
"I must live a story to write it."
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CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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