Scholastic News (Jan. 6) Quiz

Which of these kids set a world record more than 100 years ago?

• Simar Khurana

• Stevie Wonder

• Shirley Temple

• Dimitrios Loundras

The youngest of these five kids holds the record for youngest______.

• Shirley Temple

• published author

• Video game developer

What was the main idea of the article called, "Sitting Down to Take a Stand?"

• Sit-ins are a peaceful way to protest

• Restaurants were segregated when Ayanna was young.

• Ayanna and her friends helped end segregation in local restaurants.

Which pair of words are opposites?

• include, integrate

• segregate, serve

• segregate, protest

• integrate, segregate

What did Ayanna mean when she said, "It was a slam dunk to be able to sit there and have a hamburger and Coke?" Choose 2

• It was exciting or thrilling!

• It felt dangerous

• It was awesome!

• The food was delicious

Which was an effect of the 4 Greensboro College students who held a sit-in in Woolworth's in 1960?

Choose 2

• They were arrested

• Over 1,000 people joined the sit-in

• Woolworths's began serving the college students in just 2 days.

• Reports from TV and news stations shared the protest across the nation.

A law called the _____ ______ ___ of 1964 banned segregation in public places in the United States.

Which of these was the cause of Harrison Johnson's donation of over $100,000 to a memorial?

• Harrison Johnson visited Pearl Harbor

• Harrison started reading books and watching movies about Pearl Harbor

• Harrison's teacher assigned a research project

• Harrison was on a family vacation

Harrison's fundraising goal was ambitious because ____.

• it was for a good cause

• it was easy

• it helped educate people

• it took a lot of time and great deal of effort

What happened on December 7, 1941?

• Italy attacked Germany

• World War 2 began in Poland

• Germany attacked Pearl Harbor

• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor