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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was the author from "Bad Boy"
Mike Myers
Walt Disney
Walter Dean Myers
Walter Jones Myers
- 2. Multiple ChoiceMyers collected...stampscomic bookstoy gunsrecords
- 3. Multiple Choice
What happens when Walter and his friend run into a group of girls exercising in the gym?
The boys make fun of the girls for not being interested in basketball.
The girls and boys dance together while Walter reads a poem aloud.
The girls challenge the boys to do their exercises, but the boys cannot.
The boys invite the girls to play basketball, but the girls do dancing exercises instead.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is Walter led to believe that boys should do?
Dance
Play sports
Read Books
Write Poems
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements best explains how Walter feels about books?
Walter values books because they provide comfort and escape.
Walter is interested in books because the people he respects read them.
Walter is passionate about books and will fight the older boys over them.
Walter likes books but prefers "boy" activities, such as basketball and punchball.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Walter carry his books home from the library in a brown paper bag?He is embarrassed to be reading books that are too young for him.He does not want the neighborhood boys to see he likes reading.He is unable to afford his own books, so the librarians hive him bags of library books to take home.He does not want Dorothy to find any of his books because she would probably take them away from him.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the most likely reason why Walter plays basketball and other sports?
Walter is naturally gifted athlete.
All of the kids in the neighborhood play sports.
People in Walter's neighborhood look up to athletes and push boys to play sports.
Walter wants to impress girls, and playing sports gives him a way to show off to them.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWith which of the following statements would the narrator of Bad Boy most likely agree?Boys should not be encouraged to play basketball or other sports.Reading is the most interesting and rewarding activity for boys.Boys should be allowed to pursue whatever interests them.Writing poetry and dancing are "girl" activities.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is a central idea in Bad Boy?
If you organize your friends into categories, you might lose them.
People often have side of themselves that they do not let others see.
Making fun of people in "harmless" ways can have lasting negative effects.
Playing sports can build character, but not when a person is pressured to play.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceOne central idea in the selection from Bad Boy is that boys are "supposed to" act in a certain way. Which sentence from the selection best suggest this idea?There wasn't any ice to skate on in Harlem, so I gave up hockey.Most of the girls I knew couldn't play ball, and that excluded them from most of what I wanted to do with my life....I would sometimes run into older kids who would tease me about my reading. It was, they made it clear, not what boys did.When the girls finished their dancing, they went through some stretching exercises.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who was highly respected in the community?
The Athletes
Mrs.Cohen
Myers
Dorothy
- 12. Multiple Choice
Define respected
anxious or very distressed
admired or looked up to
very displeased, nauseated
in dire need or hopeless
- 13. Multiple Choice
Define disgusted
hatred, hostility
in dire need, hopeless
very displeased, nauseated
a person fleeing from harm
- 14. Multiple Choice
Define desperate
admired, looked up to
restless, bored
lack of judgement
in dire need, hopeless
- 15. Multiple Choice
If Rai is disgusted by a joke, then which of the following statements must be true?
He finds the joke funny.
He thinks the joke is dumb.
He finds the joke unpleasant.
He has heard the joke too often.
- 16. Multiple Choice
With which of the following statements would the author of "Bad Boy" most likely agree?
Boys should not be encouraged to play basketball or sports.
Reading is the most interesting and rewarding interest for boys.
Boys should be allowed to pursue whatever interests them.
Writing and dancing are "girl" activities.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which quotation from "Bad Boy" most clearly supports the previous answer?
"There were two categories of friends in my life: those who played ball, and everyone else."
"With school out, and me not having access to Ms. Conway's cache of books, I rediscovered the George Bruce Branch of the public library on 125th street. Sometimes on rainy days I would sit in the library and read."
"That year I learned that being a boy meant I was supposed to do certain things and act a certain way. I was very comfortable being a boy, but there were times when the role was uncomfortable."
"Then we saw that the girls were doing some kind of dance, so we imitated them, cracking ourselves up."
- 18. Multiple Choice
A memoir is...
A fiction narrative, or true story about an author's lifetime
A nonfiction narrative, or true story about an author's lifetime
A poem about about an author's experiences
A story about an author's lifetime
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