All American Boys Final

What was odd about the way Mrs. Tracey was acting in class?

• She yelled at everyone in the class

• She was absent for a week

• She got upset and ran out of the room

• She began crying in front of her students

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What did Mrs. Tracey's students decide to do after she informed them she would be moving on from The Invisible Man unit?

• They cheered

• They decided to write an essay instead

• They protested by volunteering to read the novel aloud

• They went to the principal to express their annoyance

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

What does Guzzo believe about everyone in the school?

• They are going to begin calling him racist

• They think Paul did not do anything wrong

• They are "out to get him"

• They don't care about what happened

What could be the reason(s) that Coach does not want the team to go to the protest?

• He is friends with Paul and does not want the team to show their support for Rashad

• He does not want them to "pick a side" which could cause trouble for the team

• He does not want them to get in trouble and ruin their chances of a future with the Scouts coming

• He hates Rashad and believes he deserved what he got

What does the coach tell the team they are NOT allowed to do?

• Go to the protest

• Visit Rashad in the hospital

• Talk about what happened with the team

• Go to parties

What story does Rashad's father tell that surprises Rashad?

• When he was in the army, he accidentally shot a civilian that he thought was the enemy

• When he was a police officer, he wrongfully accused a black teenager of a crime and paralyzed him

• When he was a teenager, he was wrongfully accused of robbing a white kid and was put in jail for it

• When he was a police officer, he killed a person for a crime they did not commit

What does it tell us about Rashad's father that he still remembers the name "Darnell Shackleford" years after the incident occurred?

• He knew Darnell was a bad person and committed a big crime

• He is proud of what he did

• He did not care about what happened

• He feels guilty about what he did and it still haunts him

Who was Darnell Shackleford?

• A coworker of Rashad's father who wrongfully accused an innocent black teenager

• The kid that Officer Paul Galluzzo beat up in Jerry's Corner Store

• Rashad's friend that is leading the protest

• The teenager that Rashad's father wrongfully accused and paralyzed

What word does Rashad use to describe himself?

• kind

• decent

• troublemaker

• smart

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Why did Rashad's father want him to join the ROTC?

• He believes it is the best opportunity for a black boy in America.

• He doesn't want Rashad to play basketball

• His father doesn't want him to join ROTC.

• ROTC is a way to get him in to college.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3