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A Good Kind of Trouble - Chapters 1 - 10

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the author of "A Good Kind of Trouble"?

a)

John Lewis

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Lisa Moor Ramee

2.

Chapter 1: What is Shayla allergic to?

a)

peanuts

b)

trouble

c)

teachers

d)

bullies

3.

Chapter 1: Who is Shayla's science teacher?

a)

Mrs. Newman

b)

Ms. Walter

c)

Mr. Levy

d)

her father

4.

Chapter 1: What school does Shayla go to?

a)

Emerson Junior High

b)

MLK High

c)

Lakewood Elementary

d)

Obama Middle School

5.

Chapter 1: Who is Shayla's lab partner is science class?

a)

the boy who makes fun of your big forehead

b)

the boy she likes

c)

Justin

d)

Bernard

6.

Chapter 1: What is Shayla's sister's name?

a)

Helen

b)

Hana

c)

Isabella

d)

Julia

7.

Chapter 1: Who are Shayla's two best friends (select two)

a)

Helen

b)

Hana

c)

Isabella

d)

Julia

8.

Chapter 1: What makes Bernard mad in science class?

a)

He gets Shayla as a lab partner

b)

Shayla knocks the desk into him

c)

He accidentally breaks a microscope slide and the teacher accuses him of messing around.

d)

The other boys are picking on him and the teacher joins in

9.

Chapter 2: What does Shayla and her friends call themselves?

a)

triangle friends

b)

triplets

c)

the United Nations

d)

they don't have a name

10.

Chapter 2: Why do the girls call themselves the United Nations?

a)

They are friends of different races

b)

They were all born in different countries

c)

They were on a debate team of student politicians

d)

They don't call themselves anything.

11.

Chapter 2: In what grade did the three become super best friends?

a)

first grade

b)

second grade

c)

third grade

d)

fourth grade

12.

Chapter 2: Who does Shayla want for her boyfriend?

a)

Bernard

b)

Isabella's brother

c)

Jace

d)

She thinks having a boyfriend will interfere with her grades.

13.

Chapter 2: What does the boy she has a crush on call her?

a)

Jimmy Neutron

b)

Chuckie

c)

honey

d)

loser

14.

Chapter 2: Why did her crush make fun of her by calling her a name?

a)

She looks like Jimmy Neutron because she has a 4 inch forehead

b)

She was acting crazy like Chuckie

c)

He has a crush on her but she wants nothing to do with him.

d)

She always gets bad grades in class.

15.

Chapter 3: Who does Shayla partner up with in gym all the time?

a)

Hana

b)

Julia

c)

Isabella

d)

Yolanda

16.

Chapter 3: Who is the PE and track coach?

a)

Coach North

b)

Coach East

c)

Coach South

d)

Coach West

17.

Chapter 3: What does the coach ask Shayla to do?

a)

Run harder.

b)

Join the track team

c)

Join the basketball team

d)

help out instead of playing because she is a bad runner

18.

Chapter 4: What town does Shayla live in?

a)

Sacramento

b)

Phoenix

c)

West Los Angeles

d)

Portland

19.

Chapter 4: Who in the story was an 'abolitionist'?

a)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

b)

Shayla's father

c)

the principal of her school

d)

Edgar Alan Poe

20.

Chapter 4: What is an eyeball journal?

a)

A science observation log

b)

An art book where you practice drawing eyeballs

c)

A collection of newspaper articles

d)

A journal for English class of everyday things students observe

21.

Chapter 5: Who is the popular girl that is really loud?

a)

Shayla

b)

Yolanda

c)

Stacy Chin

d)

Julia

22.

Chapter 5: What is Command?

a)

a game where you have to do something if you're caught not crossing your legs or fingers.

b)

a video game all the students are playing

c)

a game where the girl who wants to be in a club has to do what they say to get in

d)

a class assignment for English

23.

Chapter 5: What elective class does Shayla have?

a)

cooking

b)

art

c)

Industrial Arts

d)

band

24.

Chapter 5: Who does Shayla think is annoying in her elective class?

a)

Bernard

b)

Jace

c)

Tyler

d)

Yolanda

25.

Chapter 6: What are they working on in shop?

a)

wooden boxes

b)

model cars

c)

trays

d)

trains

26.

Chapter 6: What is Shayla's nickname?

a)

string bean

b)

Shay

c)

peanut

d)

Jimmy Neutron

27.

Chapter 6: What is Tyler's nickname?

a)

Trey

b)

Ty

c)

Smooth

d)

Junior

28.

Chapter 7: What is Momma's reaction to Shayla joining the track team?

a)

She says she can when she brings her grades up.

b)

She says she cannot.

c)

She is excited for Shayla.

d)

She laughs.

29.

Chapter 7: Why does Momma take a different route home?

a)

There are protests because a Black man was shot by police

b)

There was a police chase in progress

c)

There was a fire blocking their route

d)

Construction.

30.

Chapter 8: What sport does Hana play?

a)

She doesn't; she hates sports.

b)

soccer

c)

track

d)

basketball

31.

Chapter 8: What grade is Hana in?

a)

Freshman in high school (9th grade)

b)

Sophomore in high school (10th grade)

c)

Junior in high school (11th grade)

d)

Senior in high school (12th grade)

32.

Chapter 8: Why do Hana and her friends wear black armbands?

a)

To support the Black people who have died dealing with the police

b)

To support the dead people killed in the riots

c)

To show she was related to the Black man who was killed

d)

Because they are a club

33.

Chapter 9: What does Daddy say they teach a lot of in schools?

a)

politics

b)

nonsense

c)

from the dead White man's perspective

d)

scientific information

34.

Chapter 9: What two men do Daddy quote? (Select two)

a)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

James Baldwin

d)

the President of the United States

35.

Chapter 10: Who stands up for Shayla against Bernard when she trips?

a)

Mr. Levy

b)

Jace

c)

Tyler

d)

nobody

36.

Who does Shayla compete for higher test scores with?

a)

Alex

b)

Tyler

c)

Bernard

d)

Yolanda

37.

Chapter 10: What has happened to Isabella?

a)

She got in a car accident

b)

She chose new friends to sit with

c)

She has a boyfriend

d)

She got her braces off and her eyebrows done