Leib - Colin Powell: Miltary Leader/ It Worked for Me

What neighborhood did Colin Powell Grow up in?

• Queens

• Bronx

• Harlem

• Brooklyn

In It Worked for Me: In Life and leadership, one lesson Colin Powell wants to teach us is?

• Try to own a company.

• Never do more than one job at a time.

• Always do your best

• Don’t worry about the future.

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Colin Powell’s parents were both from Jamaica, where did they meet?

• In Jamaica

• On a dating APP

• The boat ride across the ocean

• A park in New York

What was Colin Powell’s final rank in the military?

• Captain

• Major

• General

• Lieutenant

What position did the Pepsi Bottling Company make Powell the first person of color to have?

• Porter (janitor)

• Bottler

• Shift manager

• Truck driver

Powell learned his habit of working hard from?

• His teammates at school.

• Driving a truck in New York City.

• Getting a union card when he was eighteen

• His Jamaican immigrant parents.

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Who wrote the Biography, “Colin Powell: Military Leader”?

• Colin Powell

• Warren Brown

• Barack Obama

• Ernest Hemingway

Where was Colin Powell born?

• On the island of Jamaica

• On a country estate in New York

• In Hunts Point in the Bronx

• In New York City’s Harlem district

Both the memoir and the biography...

• Focus mostly on Powell's family life

• Emphasize the effect school had on Powell

• Help explain the kind of a person Colin Powell is

• Describe life in the military

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Which of these is NOT something Powell believes about work?

• If you take the pay, earn it

• You must always approve of what your boss wants you to do

• Don't disappoint yourself

• Every job is a learning experience

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