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The Ron Clark Story

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the beginning of the film, Mr Clark speaks with a child who is

a)

yelling at his teacher

b)

crying

c)

standing in a trash can

d)

none of these

2.

Why is the young boy standing in the trashcan?

a)

The trash was overflowing.

b)

His teacher told him he couldn't learn so he should go out with the trash.

c)

He was playing hide and seek.

d)

He was being punished for bad behavior.

3.

What do the students and staff at Belfort County give Mr. Clark?

a)

A watch

b)

A class picture

c)

A new car

d)

A parking place

4.

Mr. Clark is a successful teacher in North Carolina, but leaves for New York because

a)

the city desperately needed good teachers.

b)

he wanted to be in the North.

c)

he always wanted to live in New York.

d)

he wanted to leave home.

5.

What city does Mr. Clark move to?

a)

Chicago

b)

Aurora

c)

Harlem

d)

Los Angeles

6.

What does Mr. Clark do at first in New York to earn rent money?

a)

He tutors kids.

b)

He works as a short order cook.

c)

He waits tables in a theme restaurant.

d)

none of these

7.

What school in New York hires Mr. Clark?

a)

Inner Harlem Elementary

b)

Harlem High School

c)

Garfield High School

d)

The Ron Clark Academy

8.

When Mr. Clark meets Mr. Turner, the principal, he tells him that he is what kind of an expert?

a)

an expert at singing

b)

an expert at raising test scores

c)

an expert at motivating

d)

none of these

9.

What does Mr. Clark establish in his classroom initially, with much resistance?

a)

A set of classroom rules

b)

A classroom attitude of respect

c)

both

d)

neither

10.

What was Mr. Clark's first rule?

a)

No cutting in line.

b)

Respect one another.

c)

No chewing gum.

d)

We are family.

11.

What does Mr. Clark drink in order to get the students to listen to him?

a)

coffee

b)

sweet tea

c)

chocolate milk

d)

water

12.

What happens to Mr. Clark's classroom?

a)

It was painted.

b)

Graffiti was painted on the walls.

c)

It was vandalized.

d)

All of the above

13.

What does Mr. Clark try to learn during recess?

a)

Hopscotch

b)

Basketball

c)

A cartwheel

d)

Double Dutch Jump Rope

14.

What happens at school that makes Mr. Clark want to quit?

a)

He shakes Shamieka's desk with her in it and it creates self-doubt.

b)

The classroom gets vandalized.

c)

His car gets vandalized.

d)

none of these

15.

Mr. Clark does a home visit to Shamieka's apartment and winds up doing what for her?

a)

Cooking dinner for her siblings so she can study

b)

Helping her siblings with their homework

c)

Cleaning her apartment so she can study

d)

none of these

16.

How does Mr. Clark teach his students the US presidents?

a)

A rap song

b)

Flashcards

c)

Wrote them on the board

d)

Gave them notes

17.

Mr. Clark tells his students, "I teach you and you teach _____."

a)

me

b)

each other

c)

your family

d)

your friends

18.

When he is overcome with pneumonia, Mr. Clark continues to teach

a)

through a substitute teacher

b)

by video

c)

by letter

d)

by text

19.

How does Shamieka's mom react when she finds Mr. Clark making dinner?

a)

She's thankful.

b)

She joins them for dinner.

c)

She throws him out.

d)

She hires him to cook and babysit.

20.

Mr. Clark got tickets for his class to what Broadway show?

a)

Cats

b)

Hamilton

c)

Phantom of the Opera

d)

Beauty and the Beast

21.

What happened to Tayshawn?

a)

He was beaten by his foster dad.

b)

He won an art award.

c)

He skipped school to sell stolen goods.

d)

All of the above.

22.

How does Mr. Clark help Tayshawn after his stepfather beat him up?

a)

He gets him to the show.

b)

He gives him some money.

c)

He gets him to a safe house (with the principal).

d)

He takes him in to live with him.

23.

To help Julio with his math, Mr. Clark uses

a)

playing cards and (fake) gambling to practice probability.

b)

peer tutoring

c)

the text book

d)

google classroom

24.

After the state test, the principal tells everyone that Mr. Clark's class scored higher than

a)

the honor's class

b)

the entire school

c)

both are true

d)

neither are true

25.

Which student had the highest state test score?

a)

Tayshawn

b)

Shamieka

c)

Julio

d)

A student from the honor's class