Warriors Don't Cry

How does the presence of the students affect the crowd in different ways according to the text?

• Everyone was both excited and surprised

• some people cry or pray

• some people raise their fist and shout ugly words

• Both B and C are correct

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

How does Beals feel when she is escorted through the crowds?

• She feels proud and sad at the same time

• she feels angry

• she feels happy

• she feels excited

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CCSS.RL.6.1

What does the word distraught mean in paragraph 12?

• The word means upset

• the word means happy

• the word excited

• the word means distracted

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the word integrate mean in paragraph 7 of the selection?

• It means the same thing as segretgate

• the act of separating people because of skin color, religion e.t.c

• the act of bringing people together

• the act of ignoring that the social issues are causing a problem in today's schools

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

How does the text structure the author uses in paragraph 17 make one moment particularly effective?

• The author uses vivid details to describe the effect caused by the silence

• The author defines the essential qualities of her own heartbeat

• The author discusses the details of moving forward in order of importance

• The author explains how the problem of moving forward was solved

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.5

What two text structures does the author combine in paragraph 18?

• A problem and Solution and Cause and Effect

• Order of ideas; Advantages and Disadvantages

• Chronological order and compare and contrast

• Classify information; Steps in a process

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.5

Which Statement from the text best supports your answer to question 2?

• I walked on the concrete path toward the front door of the school

• We approached the stairs, our feet moving in unison to the rhythm of the click-clack sound of the Screaming Eagles

• Step by Step we climbed upward - where none of my people has ever before walked as a student

• Everyone seemed to be moving in slow motion as I peered past the raised bayonets of the 101st soldiers

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CCSS.RL.6.1

What does the word eerie mean in paragraph 5?

• soothing and relaxing

• peaceful

• joyful

• strange in a frightening mysterious way

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the text structure the author uses to set the scene at the beginning of the excerpt?

• Chronological order day, date , and time

• Describing by the use of Imagery and figurative language

• Compare and contrast the author compares the time to another time in history

• Problem and Solution the author explains a problem and offers a clear solution to the problem

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CCSS.RL.6.5

How is mother feeling in paragraph 6 of the selection?

• She had tears of joy

• She was angry

• she was sad and worried

• she was confused

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CCSS.RL.6.1