WorksheetsJackie Robinson
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the first team Jackie played for?
BEFORE DODGERS
BEFORE DODGERS
a)
Brooklyn, Dodgers
b)
Atlanta, Braves
c)
N.Y Mets
d)
Kansas City Monarchs
2.
Rickey needed an excellent player that wouldn't retaliate to the hate but still played with:
a)
Anger
b)
High Spirit
c)
Mistrust
d)
Suspense
3.
Why couldn't Jackie play in the major leagues?
a)
He was African American
b)
Baseball was segregated
c)
He wasn't good enough
d)
Both A and B
4.
Why is Jackie famous?
a)
He's a great baseball player.
b)
He played four sports.
c)
He was very fast.
d)
He was the first African American in the Major Leagues.
5.
What was Jackie's number?
a)
42
b)
24
c)
44
d)
12
6.
What was the name of the major league team that Jackie played on?
a)
Brooklyn Dodgers
b)
N.Y. Mets
c)
Atlanta Braves
d)
LA Dodgers
7.
Why did Branch Rickey hire Jackie?
a)
He was a good baseball player
b)
He wanted the best players no matter what color they were
c)
He was brave enough not to fight back.
d)
All of the above
8.
Why did Branch Rickey WANT to integrate baseball?
a)
To make money
b)
To make the headlines in the newspapers
c)
To create justice for people of color
d)
To gain fans
9.
The special player Branch Rickey chose to break the color barrier must be ready for..
a)
racism and name-calling
b)
lots of money and fame
c)
adoring fans
d)
making new friends
10.
What lie did Branch Rickey tell in order to keep his noble experiment a secret?
a)
He said he was hiring Sam Jethroe
b)
He said he was writing a baseball story
c)
He said he was hiring a black baseball player
d)
He said he was starting a new Negro League
11.
To get revenge on someone means to...
a)
Integrate
b)
Retaliate
c)
Taunt
d)
Shrewdly
12.
To speak ELOQUENTLY means that someone is speaking very...
a)
speaking well and effectively
b)
shyly
c)
loud and boastful
d)
happily and merrily
13.
The act of saying something bad or insulting in an indirect way means to:
a)
shrewdly
b)
retaliation
c)
insinuate
d)
speculate
14.
To make fun of someone means:
a)
camouflage
b)
disillusionment
c)
insinuate
d)
taunt
15.
"Shrewdly" means...
a)
wisely, in a clever way
b)
rude and forcefully
c)
joyful
d)
worried and hurriedly
16.
If I am trying to disguise something and hide it, I am needing to...
a)
retaliate
b)
speculate
c)
camouflage
d)
insinuate
17.
A disappointment and loss of hope means someone is feeling...
a)
taunted
b)
disillusionment
c)
capitalized
d)
integrated
18.
To "Speculate" means to...
a)
get revenge or get even
b)
take advantage of someone or some situation
c)
speak or write very well
d)
think about something and make guesses about it with little information
19.
In "The Noble Experiment", the whole point of the "experiment" was to do what to baseball?
a)
segregate it
b)
integrate it
c)
taunt it
d)
insinuate it
20.
To take advantage or someone or some situation means to...
a)
capitalize
b)
eloquence
c)
camouflage
d)
disillusionment
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