Jim Thorpe

How many Olympic gold medals did Jim Thorpe win?

• one

• two

• three

• four

Thorpe won his Olympic gold medals in the sport

of _______.

• baseball

• swimming

• track and field

• boxing

Thorpe was born on Indian tribal land in what is now the state of ____________.

• Oklahoma

• North Dakota

• South Dakota

• Kansas

The high school Thorpe went to was designed to ___.

• train athletes

• foster activism

• erase Native American culture

• prepare people for the military

What was the name of the school that Thorpe attended?

• Pittsburgh University

• Jefferson School

• Monroe School

• Carlisle School

What was the name of the famous coach that Thorpe played for?

• Knute Rockne

• Duffy Daugherty

• Pop Warner

• Dave Kalchik

What is the most likely reason the author includes the detail “while wearing overalls” when describing Thorpe breaking the school high jump record?

• to emphasize how impressive the feat was

• to clarify that Thorpe was new to the school

• to explain the difficulties Thorpe faced at the school

• to suggest that Thorpe was naturally better at football

The author says Thorpe “never forgot the medals that were stripped from him.” You can infer that the author means Thorpe ___.

• took glory in having won at the Olympics

• talked about his medals during every interview

• believed that he owed his fame to the Olympics

• was emotionally hurt by his medals being taken

  from him

Which vocab word from the article means that one should not be paid to play sports?

• assimilated

• amateurism

• vindication

• massacred

Thorpe was an incredible all-around athlete. Which sport did he NOT play either professionally or in the Olympics?

• boxing

• track and field

• baseball

• football