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We Beat the Street (Chapters 1-14)
We Beat the Street (Chapters 1-14)
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A reading comprehension and vocabulary knowledge quiz for Chapters 1-14 of We Beat the Street.
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1
Why did Sampson and his friends go to the graveyard to visit Reggie?
He was teaching them algebra.
He was teaching them meditation.
He was teaching them to speak Spanish.
He was teaching them karate.
2
What did the rich snobby woman at the symphony think?
Shakespeare was better than the symphony.
The children were badly behaved.
The boys had ugly sweaters.
Poor neighborhoods had poorly behaved students.
3
How did Sampson plead in front of the judge?
guilty
not guilty
4
Why did Rameck get in so much trouble for spraying silly string?
It got in the teacher's eye.
The teacher had an allergic reaction.
The teacher swallowed some and got sick.
The teacher slipped on the silly string.
5
What happens to the money Rameck's grandmother gives him?
Rameck pays the electricity bills.
Rameck gets shoes.
Rameck gives the money to his mother.
Rameck gets pictures for acting.
6
Sampson wanted to party with his friends for his birthday but some of his friends wanted to...
do drugs
rob a store
hang out with girls
go to sleep
7
Sampson's first experience in the emergency room was when he...
had his appendix taken out.
broke his foot.
broke his hand.
chipped his tooth.
8
Where do the boys grow up?
Gary, Indiana
Chicago, Illinois
Newark, New Jersey
Atlanta, Georgia
9
When Rameck went to private school, what caused him to get sent to the principal's office?
He hit his teacher.
His mom didn't pay his tuition.
He ran out of class.
He three pencils into the ceiling.
10
Miss Viola Johnson made a big impact on George's life by all of these things except...
She fed him dinner.
She expected a lot from him.
She took him to the symphony.
She taught him Shakespeare.
11
What did Sampson and his friends decide to steal from Jack's?
a Gatorade
bubble gum
an Icee
a lighter
12
What activity was Rameck involved with at school?
student council
basketball
baseball
theater
13
Rameck did something to a crack addict. What was it?
hugged him
gave him money.
shot him
stabbed him.
14
Sampson finds out that something happened to his friend Razor:
He was shot.
He crashed a stolen car
He was kidnapped by Reggie.
He was arrested for selling drugs
15
What did Jack do when he found out?
He punched Sampson.
He scared the boys by giving them a close look at his dog.
He cursed him out in a different language.
He cut off Sampson's friend's finger.
16
Why does George need to go to the dentist?
He needs braces.
He needs a filling.
He needs a root canal.
He needs a cleaning.
17
Why does Sampson's mom want him to go to University school?
He is reading at a 9th grade level
He is getting into a lot of trouble.
His older brother goes there.
He is a great basketball player.
18
Rameck was involved in a protest to...
get better school lunches.
stop the police from harassing them.
include more African American history in the curriculum.
build better apartments in the projects.
19
Why does Rameck ask his grandmother for money?
pictures for acting
new shoes
drugs
a new car
20
When Rameck, Sampson and George went to the presentation for Seton Hall, they decided...
that they wanted to go to Europe.
that they'd all try to be accepted.
that college wasn't for them.
that they'd rather play basketball.
