The Greatest Athlete Upfront March 29, 2021

How many Olympic gold medals did Jim Thorpe win?

• none

• one

• two

• three

Thorpe won his Olympic gold medals in the sport of ___.

• baseball

• soccer

• swimming

• track and field

At the time of Thorpe’s birth, what is now the state of Oklahoma was ___.

• not populated

• non-tribal land

• mostly tribal land

• equally divided between tribal and non-tribal land

The high school Thorpe went to was designed to ___.

• train athletes

• foster activism

• erase Native American culture

• prepare people for the military

The author tells the opening anecdote about Thorpe at the Olympics with a tone that can best be described as ___.

• admiring

• frustrated

• skeptical

• worried

Which detail supports the correct answer to question 5?

• “in extraordinary fashion”

• “to top it off”

• “a remarkable sight”

• all of the above

What is the most likely reason the author includes the detail “while wearing overalls” when describing Thorpe breaking the school high jump record?

• to emphasize how impressive the feat was

• to clarify that Thorpe was new to the school

• to explain the difficulties Thorpe faced at the school

• to suggest that Thorpe was naturally better at football

The author says Thorpe “never forgot the medals that were stripped from him.” You can infer that the author means Thorpe ___.

• took glory in having won at the Olympics

• talked about his medals during every interview

• believed that he owed his fame to the Olympics

• was emotionally hurt by his medals being taken from him

The U.S. government did not stop funding assimilation programs at Indian boarding schools until the 1970s. Does this surprise you? Why or why not? EXPLAIN!!!