Victory. Stand! Book Quiz

In Tommie Smith's house there was no such thing as...

• A "boy's job" or a "girl's job".
• A "bad job".
• A "job you couldn't do".

What was the name of the church, schoolhouse and cemetery near Tommie's house?

• Mount Olive
• Woodfield
• Cottonwood

What was the most pivotal move in Tommie's life?

• The bus trip.
• Learning to read.
• Selling all of the farm animals.

What new opportunity was offered to Tommie in California?

• Going to school year round.
• Picking lettuce and grapes.
• Eating ice cream for the first time.

What gave Tommie the confidence to compete in track?

• Finally beating his sister in a race.
• Whipping Les in a fight.
• Keeping up with Coy in a race.

What event brought Tommie into the Civil Rights movement?

• Watching church members being beaten by police on television.
• Tying the world record in the 200 yard dash.
• Being harrased by white students at San Jose State University.

What did the OPHR decide about the Olympic games?

• Black athletes would participate and protest in their own ways.
• Black athletes would not room with non-black people.
• Black athletes would stage a protest together on the last day.

At the Olympic games Tommie did what?

• Broke the world record in the 200 meter run.
• Broke the record in the 50 yard dash.
• Came in second place behind John Carlos.

How did Tommie and John Carlos protest?

• They raised their black gloves in a sign of solidarity with the black community.
• They refused their medals.
• The would not sing the National Anthem.

After the harsh treatment he encountered after the Olympics, Tommie said what of the fist raising?

• He would do it again if given the chance.
• He would have kept his hand down.
• He wished it would have made a bigger difference.