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WorksheetsSST - A Tale of Segregation: Fetching Water
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 32mins
The memory of a traumatic childhood incident near his hometown of Spiro, Oklahoma, still brings tears to the eyes of William Minner . . .
"We had stopped at a spring. It was a very popular place that both blacks and whites would go to get water. We had waited there for about 30 minutes. But the people ahead of us, they were all white. When we had reached our turn, two white men grabbed my dad. They told him that he'd have to wait until all of the white people were finished. Dad said, 'We'll get our water another day or we'll come back.' They wouldn't let my dad leave. They said, 'You're going to stay here, and when all of the good white people have gotten their water, and when everyone is gone, then you can do what you want to.' When all the white people finished getting their water, Dad got his water. I remember him telling me, 'What you saw there was real hatred and prejudice. But this is not going to be forever . . . there's gonna come a day when this won't be anymore.'"
Why did William Minner and his father go to the spring?
To get water
To swimming
To wash their cloths
To bathe themselves
The memory of a traumatic childhood incident near his hometown of Spiro, Oklahoma, still brings tears to the eyes of William Minner . . .
"We had stopped at a spring. It was a very popular place that both blacks and whites would go to get water. We had waited there for about 30 minutes. But the people ahead of us, they were all white. When we had reached our turn, two white men grabbed my dad. They told him that he'd have to wait until all of the white people were finished. Dad said, 'We'll get our water another day or we'll come back.' They wouldn't let my dad leave. They said, 'You're going to stay here, and when all of the good white people have gotten their water, and when everyone is gone, then you can do what you want to.' When all the white people finished getting their water, Dad got his water. I remember him telling me, 'What you saw there was real hatred and prejudice. But this is not going to be forever . . . there's gonna come a day when this won't be anymore.'"
William and his father had been waiting for a long time when they were stopped by two white men. What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion?
“But the people ahead of us, they were all white.”
“When all the white people finished getting their water, Dad got his water.”
“When we had reached our turn, two white men grabbed my dad.”
“We had waited there for about 30 minutes.”
The memory of a traumatic childhood incident near his hometown of Spiro, Oklahoma, still brings tears to the eyes of William Minner . . .
"We had stopped at a spring. It was a very popular place that both blacks and whites would go to get water. We had waited there for about 30 minutes. But the people ahead of us, they were all white. When we had reached our turn, two white men grabbed my dad. They told him that he'd have to wait until all of the white people were finished. Dad said, 'We'll get our water another day or we'll come back.' They wouldn't let my dad leave. They said, 'You're going to stay here, and when all of the good white people have gotten their water, and when everyone is gone, then you can do what you want to.' When all the white people finished getting their water, Dad got his water. I remember him telling me, 'What you saw there was real hatred and prejudice. But this is not going to be forever . . . there's gonna come a day when this won't be anymore.'"
What is this passage mostly about?
how to fetch water from a spring
an account of segregation
the end of segregation in the USA
a fictional story about segregation
The memory of a traumatic childhood incident near his hometown of Spiro, Oklahoma, still brings tears to the eyes of William Minner . . .
"We had stopped at a spring. It was a very popular place that both blacks and whites would go to get water. We had waited there for about 30 minutes. But the people ahead of us, they were all white. When we had reached our turn, two white men grabbed my dad. They told him that he'd have to wait until all of the white people were finished. Dad said, 'We'll get our water another day or we'll come back.' They wouldn't let my dad leave. They said, 'You're going to stay here, and when all of the good white people have gotten their water, and when everyone is gone, then you can do what you want to.' When all the white people finished getting their water, Dad got his water. I remember him telling me, 'What you saw there was real hatred and prejudice. But this is not going to be forever . . . there's gonna come a day when this won't be anymore.'"
Read the following sentence:
“The memory of a traumatic childhood incident near his hometown of Spiro, Oklahoma, still brings tears to the eyes of William Minner . . .”
Why does the author begin the passage with this sentence?
to introduce William’s personal account
to tell the reader the story is fictional
to explain who William Minner is
to describe the aftermath of the account
The memory of a traumatic childhood incident near his hometown of Spiro, Oklahoma, still brings tears to the eyes of William Minner . . .
"We had stopped at a spring. It was a very popular place that both blacks and whites would go to get water. We had waited there for about 30 minutes. But the people ahead of us, they were all white. When we had reached our turn, two white men grabbed my dad. They told him that he'd have to wait until all of the white people were finished. Dad said, 'We'll get our water another day or we'll come back.' They wouldn't let my dad leave. They said, 'You're going to stay here, and when all of the good white people have gotten their water, and when everyone is gone, then you can do what you want to.' When all the white people finished getting their water, Dad got his water. I remember him telling me, 'What you saw there was real hatred and prejudice. But this is not going to be forever . . . there's gonna come a day when this won't be anymore.'"
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.
William’s father told the two white men that he would come back later to get their water, ____ the white men made him stay and wait.
So
Also
But
After
A Tale of
SEGREGATION
The memory of a traumatic childhood incident near his hometown of Spiro, Oklahoma, still brings tears to the eyes of William Minner . . .
"We had stopped at a spring. It was a very popular place that both blacks and whites would go to get water. We had waited there for about 30 minutes. But the people ahead of us, they were all white. When we had reached our turn, two white men grabbed my dad. They told him that he'd have to wait until all of the white people were finished. Dad said, 'We'll get our water another day or we'll come back.' They wouldn't let my dad leave. They said, 'You're going to stay here, and when all of the good white people have gotten their water, and when everyone is gone, then you can do what you want to.' When all the white people finished getting their water, Dad got his water. I remember him telling me, 'What you saw there was real hatred and prejudice. But this is not going to be forever . . . there's gonna come a day when this won't be anymore.'"
What is meant by word " Segregation" implied in this story
Keeping different groups separate from each other, either through physical dividers or using social pressures and laws.
Classify different groups from each other based on their income levels
Divide different groups from each other based on their castes
Identifying different groups based on their ethnic origin
to go after and bring back
tone
fetching
spring
incident
an unfair feeling of dislike for a person or group because of race, gender, religion, etc.
incident
hatred
prejudice
explicitly
a very strong feeling of dislike
hatred
explicitly
traumatic
integrate
an emotional shock that has a deep effect on one's life for a long time
traumatic
integrate
incident
hatred
