We Beat the Street chapters 1-4

Which of the following is best supported by the beginning of the Introduction?

• A. Many role models were crucial, positive influences in the lives of the young friends who would become doctors.

• B. The young men were discouraged by their parents from becoming doctors.

• C. Many future doctors were born and raised in the friends’ neighborhood.

• D. The young friends didn’t realize at first how unlikely becoming a doctor truly was.

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The authors’ purpose for Chapter 1 was probably mainly to show ________.

• A. an example of young romance developing into something serious

• B. an early inspiration for Sampson’s future profession

• C. the dangers of the local park

• D. Sampson’s mother’s strict parenting style

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Which of the following best explains the authors’ likely purpose for the scene in Chapter 2 about the principal’s criticism of Rameck?

• A. The scene reveals irony to the reader, who knows Rameck will grow up to be a success.

• B. The scene shows the strictness of the Catholic school Rameck attended.

• C. The scene emphasizes that Rameck wanted to become a principal or a teacher before he was interested in being a doctor.

• D. The scene highlights the intelligence and focus of the young future doctor.

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Which of the following images or concepts from Chapter 2 most strongly symbolizes racism in America as it is portrayed in the text?

• A. the silver bullets

• B. the nun’s attitude

• C. Meatball’s insult

• D. Miss America

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What is most closely the meaning of the word figure as it appears on page 19?

• A. noun | a person’s physique

• B. noun | a number or statistic

• C. verb | to reckon with or to calculate

• D. verb | to be featured or to appear

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The incident with the woman at the concert in Chapter 3 mainly shows _______.

• A. the children’s hope to succeed as future musicians

• B. the woman’s attitude that poor kids from the inner city can’t be well-behaved

• C. the advanced discipline and maturity of the students

• D. the woman’s hatred and evil

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The incident with the bat in Chapter 4 mainly reveals ________.

• A. the boys’ dream to eventually learn how to save lives

• B. the horror of violence

• C. the daily temptation of crime

• D. the fine line between play and violence

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Which of these inferences about the boys is most strongly supported by the conversation with Sampson in Chapter 4?

• A. The Bomb sent in the boys to steal on his behalf.

• B. They needed to steal because they were dangerously thirsty on that summer day.

• C. They tried to steal because crime was a part of everyday life in the neighborhood.

• D. They knew the severe punishment they would receive if they got caught stealing.

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