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When his mother would not give him a nickel, Walter

What is Walter's secret vice

Bad Boy: A Memoir

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1
What is Walter's secret vice
school.
bullying other kids in the neighborhood.
fighting.
his love of reading.
2
When his mother would not give him a nickel, Walter
let his hamster out of its cage.
broke Gerry's watch with a shoe.
collected bottles from the neighbors.
took a dollar from Aunt Lucy's purse.
3
Walter disliked reading because
He was gifted.
he was reading below grade level.
Reading bored him.
The other students would laugh, due to his speech problem.
4
I was _ when I learned that I had to deliver a speech to a group of very intelligent scientist.
Laughing
Mortified
Suspicious
Remote
5
Who was there to stop Walter and his friends from lynching Richard?
Johnny Brown
Walter's mother.
Mrs. Conway.
Minister Abott.
6
Bad Boy is a _____ about the life of young boy.
biography
short story
memoir
autobiography
7
The setting of Bad Boy is in
New York City
Harlem
The Bronx
Brooklyn
8
I memorized the multiplication tables in a _____ manner through daily repetition of the facts.
Ethereal.
Transit.
Russe.
Rote.
9
Jewish boys in the neighborhood always fought back when
Walter and his friends started a fight.
they were walking home from school.
they were on the basketball court.
When they were out of the eyesight of their mothers.
10
To avoid being teased about reading library books, Walter
hid them under his shirt
paid a girl to carry them for him.
carried them in a paper bag.
read them only in the library.
11
What did Walter do when Johnny Brown laughed, as Walter read aloud?
Threw a book.
Cried.
Ran away from the class.
Dropped out of school.
12
Who was Walter's biological mother?
Mary Dolly Green
Florence Dean
Viola Myers
Mary Gearhart