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NEWSIES quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where does Jack dream of going?
a)
Santa Cruz
b)
San Antonio
c)
Santa Fe
d)
San Francisco
2.
Who owns the newspaper the Newsies work for?
a)

Joseph Hearst

b)

Joseph Pulitzer

c)

William Hearst

d)

Frank Pulitzer

3.

The two Newsies who have a family to go home to are ____ and ____. (2 answers)

a)

Jack

b)

Davey

c)

Crutchie

d)

Les

4.

Where do Jack, David, and Les hide after running away from Snyder the Spider?

a)

In an alleyway

b)

In a theater

c)

Underground

d)

On a rooftop

5.
How does Joe Pulitzer decide to make more money?
a)
By raising the price of the papers
b)

By selling ads in his papers

c)
By printing more newspapers
d)
By buying out the other newspapers in New York
6.
What is the jail for children called?
a)

The Refuge

b)

Juvenile Detention Center

c)

The Jail

d)

The Orphanage 

7.

Who convinces Jack to keep the strike alive because it's "Something to Believe In"?

a)

Katherine

b)

Crutchie

c)

Spot Conlon

d)

Joseph Pulitzer

8.
How do the Newsies end up winning the strike?
a)
They didn't, they gave up
b)

They move to Brooklyn

c)

They storm Pulitzer's office

d)

They print their own paper

9.

How does Newsies end? (Check all that apply).

a)

Jack and Katherine get married.

b)

The Refuge is shut down for good.

c)

Jack accepts a part-time job as a cartoonist @ Pulitzer's newspaper.

d)

Jack and the boys will continue to be Newsies.

10.

Who was the leader of the Brooklyn paper boys?

a)

Crutchy

b)

Spot Conlon

c)

Racetrack

d)

David

11.
Who is in charge of the refuge?
a)

Snyder the Spider

b)
Warden Pulitzer
c)

Will Wisely

d)

Teddy Roosevelt

12.

On the first day of selling newspapers, how did Les sell his brother's last paper?

a)

By pretending he was sick orphan boy

b)

By fainting

c)

By making up a headline

d)

By not giving the person change for their quarter

13.

Where is the printing press that Jack and Katherine use to print their Children Crusade newspaper?

a)

In Pulizer's Basement

b)

At the New York Times

c)

In the Garbage

d)

Under a Bridge

14.

Why is Katherine so intent on letting the Newsies give her the exclusive story about their strike?

a)

She wants to get closer to Jack.

b)

She wants to do some real, in depth reporting for once.

c)

She wants to apologize to her father.

d)

She wants the city to know more about unions.

15.

What talent does Jack have a natural aptitude for?

a)

Writing for the paper

b)

Doing flips, cartwheels, and handsprings

c)

Riding a unicycle

d)

Drawing/painting

16.

When Medda Larkin tells Jack, "If you run someplace and don't like it, you can always go someplace else. But if you are running away from something, no place is ever good enough", what does she mean?

a)

You can never really outrun your inner troubles

b)

You can never go home again

c)

You must always keep moving ahead in life

d)

You always have a home here with me

17.

Why do Davey and Les have to sell papes?

a)

Their parents sent them out to work as punishment

b)

Their family is in danger of being evicted

c)

Their mom is ill and needs help

d)

Their dad was in an accident with a truck and is laid up

18.

Which NYC borough (neighborhood) do none of the Newsies want to go talk to because they fear it's newsie leader, Spot Conlon?

a)

The Bronx

b)

Brooklyn

c)

Queens

d)

Staten Island

19.

What are the names of the two young thugs who work with Wiesel at The Globe?

a)

The Delancey brothers

b)

The Demarco brothers

c)

The Dimaggio brothers

d)

The Donaldson brothers

20.

Why does Jack dream of heading west?

a)

He loves the desert and wants to see its colors

b)

He longs for wide open spaces, and an easier life

c)

His parents live there and he wants to join them

d)

He loves the mountains