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WorksheetsJackie Robinson The Noble Experiment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why is Charley Thomas an important character in the autobiography?
He convinced Branch Rickey to hire Jackie Robinson.
Thomas forced Branch Rickey to change careers.
Thomas introduced Branch Rickey to Jackie Robinson.
He made Branch Rickey see the need for change.
What did Branch Rickey want to do when he became boss of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943?
hire an African-American ballplayer
move the team to another city
get rid of prejudiced fans
start a new baseball league
Which word best describes Branch Rickey?
angry
defensive
fair
pushy
How did Jackie Robinson feel when Branch Rickey asked if Robinson had the guts to play?
amused
insulted
scared
relaxed
Why did Branch Rickey tell Robinson about all the bad things that would happen?
to make Robinson turn down the job offer
to find out if Robinson was strong enough to succeed
to make sure Robinson knew that he was welcome
to get Robinson angry and make him fight back
Summarize the important ideas of what happened to Branch Rickey in South Bend, Indiana.
He got a new job and decided to hire an African American ballplayer.
He saw evidence of prejudice in baseball and vowed to fight it.
He argued with a hotel manager about renting a room to an African American.
He lost a ballgame and vowed to coach only the best players.
Branch Rickey’s choice of African American ballplayer had to be able to
play baseball better than any white player on the field
show that he was willing to try his hardest to please the crowd
smile at his critics no matter how much he wanted to respond
stand up in the face of persecution and not fight back
Branch Rickey misled people because he
acted as though he was starting an African-American league
told newspapers he did not want African-American players
had once fired an African-American player
did not keep his promise about hiring an African-American player
Which of the following is one way to identify this selection as an autobiography?
All of the facts and details presented can be verified.
The events in the selection can easily be summarized.
The writer uses the first-person point of view.
The characters are real people and the events actually happened.
Branch Rickey insulted Jackie Robinson during the interview because he wanted to
show him the pressure he would face from prejudice
see if anger would inspire him to play at a higher level
find out how a person would react when he got mad at him
demonstrate to Robinson how his teammates would treat him
To get revenge on someone means to
integrate
retaliate
taunt
shrewdly
To speak with eloquence means that someone is speaking very
dull and boring
shyly
forceful, convincing speech or writing
happily and merrily
The act of saying something bad or insulting in an indirect way means to
shrewdly
retaliation
insinuate
speculate
To make fun of someone means
camouflage
disillusionment
insinuate
taunt
Shrewdly means
wisely, in a clever way
rude and forcefully
joyful
worried and hurriedly
If I am trying to disguise something and hide it, I am needing to
retaliate
speculate
camouflage
insinuate
A disappointment and loss of hope means someone is feeling
taunted
disillusionment
capitalized
integrated
To speculate means to...
get revenge or get even
take advantage of someone or some situation
speak or write very well
think about something and make guesses about it with little information
In "The Noble Experiment," the whole point of the "experiment" was to do what to baseball?
segregate it
integrate it
taunt it
insinuate it
To take advantage of someone or some situation means to
capitalize
eloquence
camouflage
disillusionment
