WorksheetsKeith Haring-The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
During a visit to Paris, France, Keith painted on the outside of what?
the shopping mall downtown
a children's hospital
on the street in the middle of town
outside someone's house
Who taught Keith Haring to draw?
His sisters and best friend.
His friends and family.
His teachers at school.
His dad.
What was Keith's reply when his teachers asked, "Why did you doodle on this important paper?"
Nothing.
"I didn't mean to!"
"I'm Sorry!"
"I promise, I won't do it again!"
Keith made symbols. What did he say the symbols represented?
Alphabets
Numbers
Alphabets and Numbers
Other symbols
Why couldn't Keith go outside to ride his bike?
Someone stole his bike and he was afraid to tell his mom.
His sister was riding his bike in the neighborhood.
He sold it to buy art supplies.
His dad sold it to buy Keith are supplies.
What place did Keith Haring win in high school for his art?
He did not place.
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st Place
What happened when Keith graduated from high school and went to the big city of Pittsburgh? (More than 1 answer)
He went to a school that would teach him about art.
He learned about break dancing.
He missed his family and moved back home.
He drew pictures that looked like scrambled bodies.
Where did Keith move after Pittsburgh when he was twenty?
Keith did NOT move from Pittsburgh.
Keith moved back home with his parents
Keith moved to New York
Keith moved in with one of his sisters
What did Keith draw on all over the city?
Walls
Sidewalks
Paper that he hung on lampposts
All of the above
Keith drew on the wall in a subway station. What was his response when people asked him, "What do your pictures mean?" (Multiple answers)
I don't know.
What do you see?
You decide what they mean.
If you don't know, I can't tell you.
Why did Keith Haring paint square faces with smiles and body shapes dancing upside down? (Multiple Answers)
Keith just felt like it.
Keith was trying to clean up the neighborhood.
Keith didn't like what was on the wall before.
Keith wanted to make the neighborhood look better.
What did Keith Haring do after a policeman gave him a ticket? (Multiple answers)
He left and went home.
He just kept drawing.
He paid the ticket.
He threw the ticket away and kept drawing.
What did Keith Haring do after ALL of his artwork SOLD?
He gave his money to children that did not have enough to eat.
He bought a big, beautiful house and an expensive, fancy car.
He gave a lot of money to his family who helped him when he was younger.
He bought all the art supplies he could afford.
How did the gallery owner react after Keith said what he was doing with the money he gained from his artwork?
Surprised
Sad
Jumped for joy
Gasped
What did Keith ask 900 kids to help him finish drawing?
Mount Rushmore
The Alamo
Statue of Liberty
Disneyland
Everyone wanted to know ....Why?
Why do you give away your artwork?
Why do you draw on everything?
Why do you draw all the time?
All of the above
Why did Keith Haring draw all the time?
There are many spaces to fill.
He didn't have anything else to do.
His parents told him to draw.
He had a lot of art supplies to use up.
Why did Keith Haring give his artwork away?
He didn't like his artwork and didn't want to look at it.
To help make the world a better place.
He had no place to store all of his artwork.
No one would buy his artwork.
What was Keith Haring's response when asked why he drew on EVERYTHING?
I had no other places to draw.
I draw everywhere because EVERYONE needs art!
What genre was this book?
Biography
Autobiography
Fiction
Historical Fiction
