Assignment of My Life Quiz

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

Based on the information provided in the text, what year did the author compose "Assignment of My Life"

• 2001

• 2010

• 2011

• 2021

Based on Paragraph 2, how can the narrator best be described? Choose 2 answers

• Driven

• Unmotivated

• Hard-working

• Talented

• Disappointed

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

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

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.

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."

"I started sending articles and had enough rejections to cover my bedroom walls." What type of figurative language does the author use to detail her experience?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

What laws were Ruth Gruber protected under during World War II?

• Henry Gibbons Law

• Geneva Convention

• Secretary of the Interior

• Gettysburg Address

According to her, what was Ruth Gruber's life assignment?