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WorksheetsNEWSIES quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Joseph Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
William Hearst
Frank Pulitzer
The two Newsies who have a family to go home to are ____ and ____. (2 answers)
Jack
Davey
Crutchie
Les
Where do Jack, David, and Les hide after running away from Snyder the Spider?
In an alleyway
In a theater
Underground
On a rooftop
By selling ads in his papers
The Refuge
Juvenile Detention Center
The Jail
The Orphanage
Who convinces Jack to keep the strike alive because it's "Something to Believe In"?
Katherine
Crutchie
Spot Conlon
Joseph Pulitzer
They move to Brooklyn
They storm Pulitzer's office
They print their own paper
How does Newsies end? (Check all that apply).
Jack and Katherine get married.
The Refuge is shut down for good.
Jack accepts a part-time job as a cartoonist @ Pulitzer's newspaper.
Jack and the boys will continue to be Newsies.
Who was the leader of the Brooklyn paper boys?
Crutchy
Spot Conlon
Racetrack
David
Snyder the Spider
Will Wisely
Teddy Roosevelt
On the first day of selling newspapers, how did Les sell his brother's last paper?
By pretending he was sick orphan boy
By fainting
By making up a headline
By not giving the person change for their quarter
Where is the printing press that Jack and Katherine use to print their Children Crusade newspaper?
In Pulizer's Basement
At the New York Times
In the Garbage
Under a Bridge
Why is Katherine so intent on letting the Newsies give her the exclusive story about their strike?
She wants to get closer to Jack.
She wants to do some real, in depth reporting for once.
She wants to apologize to her father.
She wants the city to know more about unions.
What talent does Jack have a natural aptitude for?
Writing for the paper
Doing flips, cartwheels, and handsprings
Riding a unicycle
Drawing/painting
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?
You can never really outrun your inner troubles
You can never go home again
You must always keep moving ahead in life
You always have a home here with me
Why do Davey and Les have to sell papes?
Their parents sent them out to work as punishment
Their family is in danger of being evicted
Their mom is ill and needs help
Their dad was in an accident with a truck and is laid up
Which NYC borough (neighborhood) do none of the Newsies want to go talk to because they fear it's newsie leader, Spot Conlon?
The Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Staten Island
What are the names of the two young thugs who work with Wiesel at The Globe?
The Delancey brothers
The Demarco brothers
The Dimaggio brothers
The Donaldson brothers
Why does Jack dream of heading west?
He loves the desert and wants to see its colors
He longs for wide open spaces, and an easier life
His parents live there and he wants to join them
He loves the mountains
