WW Module 4 Lesson 5 Question Set

Read this sentence from the passage.

“He wanted to create a league that would exhibit a professional level of play equal to or better than the majors, so that when it came time to integrate professional baseball, Negroes would be ready.”

PART A: What does integrate mean in this context?

• to bring together all as equals

• to pay someone for an activity

• to set formal or official rules

• to end for a period of time

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PART B: What context from the passage best helps readers understand the meaning of integrate?

• “after this success with the American Giants”

• “exhibit a professional level of play”

• “equal to or better than the majors”

• “put a whole league into the major leagues.”

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PART A: What was the main reason Rube Foster organized the Negro League?

• to make sure owners of black baseball teams would follow the rules

• to shut down the major leagues by creating a more successful league

• to prepare black baseball players to play in the major leagues

• to earn fame and money through a Colored World Series

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PART B: What evidence best supports the answer to PART A?

• “exhibit a professional level of play equal to or better than the majors”

• “when it came time to integrate professional baseball, Negroes would be ready.”

• “agreed to a set of rules that the league would follow.”

• “The pennant winners from each league met in a Colored World Series”

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PART A: What main point about Rube Foster does the author make in this passage?

• Rube Foster supported the Negro League’s success using his own money.

• Rube Foster earned respect from both black and white baseball team owners.

• Rube Foster created a professional and respected baseball league for black players.

• Rube Foster helped establish a set of rules that all black baseball teams would follow.

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PART B: What evidence does the author use to support the point in PART A?

• “Rules that would stop player raids between teams and police the players’ conduct”

• “If a team wasn’t doing well, he would help them out with a little cash.”

• “He gave black baseball dignity and set the standard for things to come.”

• “His league was so successful that a group of white owners of independent Negro

  teams formed a rival league”

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