Quiz: Jesse Owens

Why did Jesse Owens take

a part-time job running a

freight elevator?

• His family needed help

  paying bills.

• He did not receive a

  scholarship to attend OSU.

• It helped him teach the world

  about humility.

• He wanted to teach

  his brothers and sisters

  about grit.

What discrimination did Owens

face during his travels with his

college track team?

• Jesse was not allowed to

  compete at the same time

  as his team.

• Jesse was not allowed to

  shake hands with others.

• Jesse was not allowed to stay

  in the hotel with his team.

• Jesse was not allowed to

  practice with his team.

What was called “the greatest 45

minutes in sports history”?

• Owens’s performance at

  a 1935 championship meet

  in Michigan

• Owens’s performance at the

  1936 Olympics in Berlin

• Owens’s performance racing

  against a horse in 1948

  in California

• Owens’s performance racing

  against a horse in 1948

  in California

One significant result of Owens’s

friendship with Luz Long

was

• Owens won the gold medal

  in the 100-meter dash

• Owens won the gold medal

  in the 200-meter dash

• Owens won the gold medal

  in the 4 x 100-meter relay

• Owens won the gold medal

  in the long jump

How many gold medals did Jesse

earn at the 1936 Olympic games

in Berlin?

• four

• three

• six

• two

What is the main idea of the

section “Back in the States”?

• Owens worked as a janitor

  and started a dry-cleaning

  company, but he still could

  not support his family.

• Owens set three world

  records at the Berlin games

  but was never congratulated

  by President Roosevelt.

• Owens’s accomplishments at

  the Olympics made Owens

  a hero, but he still faced

  discrimination.

• Owens was one of eighteen

  African Americans on the

  Olympic team but was one

  of the most successful.

Which event helped Owens

become the head of the Illinois

State Athletic Commission?

• Owens received the

  Presidential Medal of

  Freedom from President Ford.

• Owens was named the

  greatest track athlete of the

  early twentieth century.

• Owens defeated German

  Luz Long at the Olympic

  games in Berlin.

• Owens won a race against

  a racehorse in Cuba.

What did Owens do in order to

help raise money for athletes’

training and equipment?

• Owens traveled to Asia,

  talking about the

  importance of sports.

• Owens moved to Chicago

  and started a public

  relations company.

• Owens joined the United

  States Olympic Committee.

• Owens walked two miles

  a day, swam, and lifted

  weights.

After Owens’ victories in Berlin

he was

• congratulated by

  President Roosevelt

• awarded the Presidential

  Medal of Freedom by

  President Ford

• given the Living Legends

  award by President George

  H. W. Bush

• given the Congressional Gold

  Medal by President Carter

What was the author’s purpose

for writing Jesse Owens?

• to persuade readers to

  participate in track events

  like Jesse Owens did

• to describe Jesse Owens’s

  experience at the 1936 Berlin

  Olympic games

• to answer a question about

  how Jesse Owens earned

  the Presidential Medal

  of Freedom

• to explain the life and

  accomplishments of

  Jesse Owens