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Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the main character's real name?
Who owns the newspaper the Newsies work for?
Joseph Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
William Hearst
Frank Pulitzer
Who was the leader of the Brooklyn paper boys?
Crutchy
Spot Conlon
Racetrack
David
Which theme does NOT apply to the song "Carrying the Banner"?
Determination and Ambition
Teamwork and Unity
Struggle and Survival
Giving Up
Fill in the blank: "Headlines don't sell papes, ___ sell papes."
How does Joseph Pulitzer decide to make more money?
By raising the price of the papers
By selling the papers for more money
By printing more newspapers
By buying out the other newspapers in New York
Pulitzer and Hearst raised the prices on newspapers from 50 cents to _ cents.
Where do Jack, David and Les hide after running away from Snyder the Spider?
An Alleyway
In a Theatre
Underground
On a Rooftop
On the first day of selling newspapers, how did Les sell his brother's last paper?
By pretending he was sick orphan boy
By fainting
By making up a headline
By not giving the person change for their quarter
Where is the printing press that Jack and Katherine use to print their Children Crusade newspaper?
In Pulizer's Basement
At the New York Times
In the Garbage
Under a Bridge
"When the Newsies went on strike for better working conditions, Hearst offered to pay scabs two dollars instead of ten cents." A scab is
A crusty coating that covers a cut
A person who is willling to replace a worker who is on strike
A person who marks a spot
A person who is willing to earn money
What is the name of the Newspaper, Joseph Pulitzer owns?
The World
New York Times
The Journal
The Banner
What form of protest did the Newsies use to protest Pulitzer's decision to raise the price of newspapers?
Strike
March
Sit-In
Hunger Strike
