Bronx Masquerade p 74-122

Why did Tanisha Scott chop her hair off?

• She wanted a different look

• She thought it would make boys like her more

• She was frustrated by other girls' jealousy of it.

• To make her mom freak out.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does Sterling recommend that Tanisha not try to change her appearance anymore? Choose all correct answers.

• Because God loves her as she is

• Because the girls would only say Tanisha was trying to be something she wasn't

• Because he thought she was fine!

• Because he was worried about the feelings of the other girls.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

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CCSS.W.8.9A

What can we infer about Tanisha when she volunteers Diondra to do the report covers?

• She wants Diondra to be laughed at

• She is a caring friend who wants to see Diondra happy

• She is a nice person.

• She can't do art.

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What does the line in Tanisha's poem "The slaver's white drop couldn't stop the spread of African cells" mean?

• Slaves were often disrespected and mistreated.

• Tanisha sees Mr. Ward as a slaver.

• The purity of a bloodline is what matters most.

• Blood from white slavers (and the light skin that results) doesn't make anyone less black.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

True or False: Devon Hope is a dynamic character.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Devon mean in his poem when he writes,

"But you like your boxes

So keep them?"

• Devon thinks that many, if not all, of the people around him try to put others in "boxes" based on what they think that person should do.

• Devon thinks that his perceptions of people are more accurate than their perceptions of themselves.

• Devon doesn't feel he can trust anyone at the school.

• Devon wants to give you his Wheaties boxes.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of Tyrone's statements on page 86 would make the best theme for Bronx Masquerade as a whole?

• "I look around this class and nobody fits into the box I used to put them in."

• "But he stuck, and got this poetry thing going."

• "Mr. Ward says you have to take people one at a time, check out what's in their head and heart before you judge."

• "Word."

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

True or False: It would be safe to say that Sterling S. Hughes is well-liked by his classmates.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.1

What could we use as evidence to support the idea that Sterling is well-liked?

• The fact that many students call him by an affectionate nickname.

• All of the times that Sterling comes up in a positive light in other peoples stories (Amy, Tanisha, Devon)

• The fact that he offered to provide music for some students at the Open Mike reading

• All of the above

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CCSS.W.8.9A

What do we call it when Sterling references the biblical character Samson without explaining who he was for the reader?

• Alliteration

• Illusion

• TYRONE

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.8.9