From Bad Boys

According to the selection from Bad Boy, what is Walter led to believe that boys should not do? Choose three options

• a. dance

• b. exercise

• c. read books &

  write poems

• e. follow hockey

• f. play stoop ball

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.W.6.9A

Why does Walter carry his books home from the library in a brown paper bag?

• He is embarrassed to be reading books that are too young for him

• He does not want the neighborhood boys to see that he likes reading.

• He is unable to afford his own books, so the librarians give him bags of library books to take home.

• He does not want Dorothy to find any of his books because she would probably take them away from him.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

How does Walter change and grow after the incident with the girls in the gym?

• He discovers that he has a talent for writing poetry.

• He faces up to his friends and tells them about his love of reading.

• He becomes interested in Lorelle Henry, the dancing girl from the gym.

• . He decides to pursue another secret interest, despite his friends’ disapproval.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

Which of the following statements would the narrator of Bad Boy most likely agree?

• Boys should not be encouraged to play basketball or other sports.

• Reading is the most interesting and rewarding activity for boys.

• Boys should be allowed to pursue whatever interests them.

• Writing poetry and dancing are “girl” activities.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

Which quotation from Bad Boy most clearly supports the Writing poetry and dancing are “girl” activities.

• There were two categories of friends in my life: those with whom I played ball and everyone else. Athletes were highly respected in the black community, and boys my age were encouraged to play some sport.

• With school out and me not having access to Mrs. Conway’s cache of books, I rediscovered the George Bruce Branch of the public library on 125th Street. Sometimes on rainy days I would sit in the library and read.

• That year I learned that being a boy meant that I was supposed to do certain things and act in a certain way. I was very comfortable being a boy, but there were times when the role was uncomfortable.

• Then we saw that the girls were doing some kind of dance, so we imitated them, cracking ourselves up.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

Which of the following statements is a central idea in the selection from Bad Boy?

• If you organize your friends into categories, you might lose them.

• People often have sides of themselves that they do not let others see.

• Making fun of people in “harmless” ways can have lasting negative effects.

• Playing sports can build character, but not when a person is pressured to play.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which quotation from Bad Boy most clearly supports this quote "People often have sides of themselves that they do not let others see"?

• Most of the girls I knew couldn’t play ball, and that excluded them from most of what I wanted to do with my life.

• I didn’t want to fight about books. Books were special and said something about me that I didn’t want to reveal.

• We often played ball in the church gym, and one rainy day, along with my brother Mickey and some of “my guys,” I went to the gym.

• A teenager, Lorelle Henry, was leading the group, and she was pretty, so we sent a few woo-woos her way.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

One central idea in the selection from Bad Boy is that boys are “supposed to” act in a certain way. Which sentences from the selection best suggest this idea? Choose two options.

• There wasn’t any ice to skate on in Harlem, so I gave up hockey.

• Most of the girls I knew couldn’t play ball, and that excluded them from most of what I wanted to do with my life.

• … I would sometimes run into older kids who would tease me about my reading. It was, they made it clear, not what boys did.

• When the girls had finished their dancing, they went through some stretching exercises.

• I liked dancing, too, but I had to pretend I didn’t like it.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

CCSS.W.6.9A

Which sentence contains an adverb?

• If you read a book closely, you can learn a lot about the author.

• Colorful language in a story can tell you where the author is from.

• Important ideas in the story can tell you what the author values and believes.

• Even the way a book looks and feels can give clues about the author’s personal style.

What kind of word does the adverb modify this statement "if you read a book closely, you can learn a lot about the author"?

• a verb

• a noun

• an adverb

• an adjective