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WorksheetsI Beat the Odds Prologue & Chpt. 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Why did Michael break into a sweat while walking up to the doors of the Department of Children's Services office?
It was summertime in Memphis.
The place stood for everything that had gone wrong in his childhood.
He was worried about meeting Mrs. Spivey.
Sean Tuohy said one time that one of Michael's strongest gifts was his ability to forget. What did Sean mean?
Michael was always forgetting things.
Remembering was difficult for Michael inside and outside of school.
Michael needed to forget a lot of stuff in order to not get swallowed up by the hurt and sadness.
What is one reason Michael wrote this book?
Michael Lewis and the Tuohy's had written one, so he thought he should write one, too.
He wanted to talk about and to the children in America whose lives have been so rough that the state has determined they're better off being cared for someone other than their parents.
He wanted to inspire people to find their own way to give.
Within a year and a half of aging out of the system, close to half of all former foster kids are homeless.
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False
Why did Michael meet with Mrs. Spivey?
He had decided to write a book that reached back before his happy ending to look at what happened to him and how he ended up where he did.
He wanted to locate his younger siblings.
He wanted to become a foster parent himself.
Where did Michael call home?
A housing project called LeMoyne Gardens in Chicago, IL.
A housing project called Castalia Heights in Atlanta, GA.
A housing project called Hurt Village in Memphis, TN.
How many siblings does Michael have?
11
8
5
What did Michael and his siblings do to survive when their mother would disappear?
Michael and his siblings would steal food and sleep in the car.
Michael and his siblings would wander from friend to friend's house to eat and sleep.
Michael and his siblings would sleep outside and go hungry.
What did Michael mean when he wrote, "If it didn't happen while you were living in the neighborhood, it didn't happen. History didn't matter."
School wasn't important to Michael, and neither was history.
All that mattered was the here and now. Making it to the next day.
History wasn't important while wandering the streets of Memphis.
In the inner city, fewer than half of the kids with rough home lives graduate high school.
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False
