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WorksheetsWarriors Don't Cry Focal Passage 1 Comprehension Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
During Melba's birth, she was so large the doctors had to use _____ to get her out.
medicine
forceps
a lot of force
an emergency C-section
Melba was born on the day the (a) bombed Pearl Harbor.
The janitor at the hospital helped save Melba's life when he ______.
cleaned her wound with his supplies
performed a life-saving surgery
forced the doctors to give Melba medicine
tells Melba's mother what he overheard the surgeon tell the nurse
How old was Melba when she remembers having her first real bout with segregation?
15 years old
5 years old
65 years old
6 years old
Where was Melba when she experienced her first real experience with segregation?
Central High School
Fourth of July picnic
Grocery Store
Hospital
The setting of this memoir is the state of
(a)
How does Melba react to concessionaire at Fair Park?
confused
angry
afriad
excited
What does the concessionaire mean when he says, “there’s no space for you here”?
He means that Melba can’t ride because she is black.
He means that Melba can't ride because she is a girl.
He means Melba can't ride because she is too small.
He means Melba can't ride because she is white.
Describe the tone of this focal passage.
dark and ominous
happy and hopeful
grave yet hopeful
this passage does not have a tone
Reread/Skim pages 8-11 from “Early one Friday evening” to “a Sunday school student.” How does this conflict impact Melba?
The conflict that Melba experience makes her want to write a book about her experience
The conflict that Melba experience makes her a worrior
The conflict that Melba experience makes her question her family’s ability to protect her from injustice.
The conflict that Melba experience makes her want to attend a white school
