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Scholastic News - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct definition for the word ambition.

a)

kept in an original state or protected

b)

something a person hopes to do or achieve

c)

related to the national government

2.

Select the best answer for the use of the word ambition. Remember the word ambition is something a person hopes to do or achieve.

a)

The U of M basketball team has shown great ambition this year as they won the Big 10 championship.

b)

I threw my ambition out yesterday, it smelled.

c)

Turn that ambition down, it is too loud.

3.

Choose the correct definition for the word federal.

a)

kept in an original state or protected

b)

something a person hopes to do or achieve

c)

related to the national government

4.

Select the sentence that uses the word federal correctly in a sentence. Remember the word federal is related to the national government.

a)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a federal judge.

b)

The federal was late to Ginsburg's house.

c)

Ginsburg didn't use the federal yesterday.

5.

The main purpose of the article is to ______________________.

a)

show what law school was like in the 1950s

b)

explain different kinds of discrimination

c)

describe one woman's fight for equal rights

d)

explain the Supreme Court

6.

Which of these events happened last?

a)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg clerked for a judge.

b)

Ginsburg became a Supreme Court justice.

c)

Ginsburg began working for the ACLU

d)

Ginsburg graduated from law school

7.

Which is an example of one of Ginsburg's ambitions?

a)

struggling to find a job

b)

being born in Brooklyn, New York

c)

becoming a Supreme Court justice

d)

filing a lawsuit against Rutgers

8.

Why did Ginsburg struggle to find a job?

a)

She wasn't qualified for the jobs.

b)

Most companies refused to hire women.

c)

She was too young.

d)

She needed too much time off to be with her kids.

9.

Ginsburg fought for equality for ______.

a)

men

b)

women

c)

all

d)

children

10.

How long did Ginsburg serve on the Supreme court?

a)

27 years

b)

5 years

c)

20 years

d)

30 years