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Madam C.J. Walker Reading ELA Test Prep

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 7 pts

Place check marks before TWO statements that show WHY Sarah Breedlove moved to Missouri.

to be with her brothers
because her husband died
to start a line of hair care products
to find a better school for her daughter
because she ran out of money

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Part A - Which is the BEST adjective to describe Sarah Breedlove?

friendly
hardworking
resentful
indifferent

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 7 pts

Part B – Place a check mark BEFORE the sentence that BEST shows the adjective in Part A.

During the 1890s, Sarah began suffering from a scalp condition that caused her to lose a lot of hair.
She experimented with numerous homemade, as well as store bought, hair products.
One product was “Hair Conditioning Cream” which softened hair.
Her husband helped her advertise the products, and encouraged her to call herself “Madam C.J. Walker”.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 7 pts

Part A - Which is the correct meaning of the word, “entrepreneurship” as used in this passage?

The capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business.
The creativity needed to research a product and learn about its characteristics.
The intelligence necessary to improve one’s own situation as well as the situations of others.
The ability to fight back when its seems like the whole world is conspiring against you.

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 7 pts

Part B – Place a check mark BEFORE the statement that helps the reader understand what the word “entrepreneurship” means.

By 1908, she opened her own factory and beauty school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
She remained very interested in advancing the status of African-Americans.
In her later years, she became involved with many educational scholarship programs.
She is also renown for donating the largest amount of money, from an African-American, for the creation of the YMCA in Indianapolis, Indiana.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 7 pts

What motivated Sarah Breedlove to become interested in a hair-care line of business?

She knew the haircare line was very profitable.
She knew she would be the first one to create a haircare product.
She wanted to advance the prospects of all African-Americans.
She developed a scalp condition and wanted to do something about it.

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 8 pts

Place a check mark before the TWO statements that BEST reveal Sarah Breedlove’s contributions to African-Americans, as well as society as a whole.

Sarah spent a lot of time in Mississippi picking cotton.
Sarah created many educational scholarship opportunities.
Sarah saved enough money to send her daughter to public schools.
Sarah’s portrait was chosen for a postage stamp.
Sarah made a large donation for the creation of a YMCA.

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