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Cesar Chavez

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Cesar Chavez?

a)

An American fighter.

b)

A Mexican American civil rights leader.

c)

An African American civil rights fighter.

d)

A Native American fighter.

2.

Where was he born?

a)

Plainfield, New Jersey

b)

Detroit, Michigan

c)

Yuma, Arizona

d)

Los Angeles, California

3.

When was he born?

a)

May 31, 1999

b)

April 13, 2003

c)

March 31, 1927

d)

September 6, 2020

4.

As a child Cesar lived

(a)  

5.

As a child, Cesar’s best friend was

(a)  

6.

When he was in school, he was

a)

Very excited.

b)

Very happy

c)

Was teased because he spoke Spanish.

d)

Was very smart

7.

During the Depression, his family

a)

Lost their farm.

b)

got a farm

c)

gave the farm away

8.

His family became

a)

very poor

b)

very rich

c)

bored with the farm

9.

What is a migrant worker?

a)

Someone who loves to eat

b)

Someone who travels from place to place to work

c)

Someone who likes to color

10.

To earn money, Cesar and his family became

a)

migrant workers

b)

teachers

c)

lawyers

11.

Why did Cesar drop out of school?

a)

Cesar's dad hurt his back and could not work

b)

Cesar needed to help his family make money

c)

Cesar wanted to have fun

d)

He wanted to join the Navy.

12.

Why did Cesar Chavez start a union?

a)

to help migrant farm workers

b)

to finish school

c)

to learn how to farm

13.

Why did Cesar Chavez start a union?

a)

Farm workers were not treated fairly

b)

He understood the lives of farm workers

c)

He enjoyed fighting the farm owners

d)

His family needed a new farm

14.

What union did Cesar Chavez start?

a)

Community Service Organization

b)

La Causa

c)

Huelga

d)

National Farm Workers Association

15.

Cesar Chavez loved to work as a migrant farm worker because it was fun.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

How did Cesar fight for the farmers?

a)

singing songs

b)

with marches

c)

With violence

d)

boycotts