curtain call quiz

What is most closely the meaning of it’s hard to open up your hands and let go of what you know as it is used in the following passage (paragraph 10)?

Most people don’t get to wake up every day and do something they’re passionate about. You always feel you can give more, but at some point you have to do what’s right for yourself. Maybe every athlete goes through that when they retire. It’s hard to open up your hands and let go of what you know. You hold on because it’s so much a part of your routine—and your life. I’ve always been training for something. What happens when that’s gone?

• Once Cash steps away from the game of basketball, she does not think that she will stay attached to it in any way.

• Teaching children how to play basketball does not come naturally to Cash.

• Cash has prayed hard on this decision.

• Retiring means Cash giving up control of what is perhaps her greatest skill.

Which of the following best explains those are things we don’t get paid for in the passage below (paragraph 3)?

We—the players—had to fight for the union, and fight to make it better. This is critical to our success. Many don’t understand but those are things we don’t get paid for.

• Cash is seeking sympathy for how difficult it has been to be a WNBA player.

• Cash is threatening that there may be an upcoming strike.

• Cash is calling out the first generation of players for not making a sacrifice.

• Cash is emphasizing efforts she made that were driven by her values.

Which of the following best explains the significance of the following passage (paragraph 15)?

Basketball gave me the vehicle to inspire and empower. That was my purpose.

Answer choices for the above question

• Cash’s skills as a player allowed her to accomplish goals that worked toward a greater good.

• Cash expects her career to springboard her to even greater success upon retirement.

• Cash found the greatest inspiration from the players who came before her.

• Cash’s strongest asset as a player was being able to drive to the basket.

How mainly does the following passage (paragraph 5) add to the development of the text?

I remember coming into the league and seeing some of the players who helped launch the WNBA—players like Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes, Teresa Weatherspoon. They were playing not just for the love of the game, but because it was so important for the future. Futures that weren’t even theirs.

• Cash is boasting that her generation will someday be known for providing the greatest impact on the future of the WNBA.

• Cash shows how she was inspired to work for the future of players that came after her by the effort put in by her predecessors.

• Cash is demonstrating the ways in which she broke away from previous players so that she would not live in their shadow.

• Cash wishes that she had come into the league years earlier than she did.

Which of the following best states a central idea of the text?

• Cash is more focused on the future of women’s basketball than she is in her own accomplishments.

• There is a chance that Cash may return to playing at some point in the future.

• Cash has lingering frustration that she was not able to win more championships.

• Cash believes that WNBA players get as much respect as their NBA counterparts.

Which statement from the text most strongly supports your answer to Question 5?

• “You hold on because it’s a part of your routine—and your life.”

• “I remember coming into the league and seeing some of the players who helped launch the WNBA...”

• “And the fans in each of those cities became something like family to me.”

• “I care so much about whether the league will be around for another 20 years — and more.”

Which of the following inferences is best supported by the text?

• Cash knows that she will be remembered most for being influential in causing a strike.

• Cash is anxious about life after the WNBA.

• Cash believes that the greatest days of the league are behind it now.

• There are many choices Cash made throughout her career that she wishes she did differently.

Which statement from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

• “I’ve always been training for something. What happens when that’s gone?”

• “From the way I carried myself on and off the court, to using my voice for the union, to speaking out against discrimination, to fighting for all the kids in my Cash for Kids charity—all of this is bigger than me.”

• “We still fight apathy, but with trust that change will come.”

• “I would live this particular life all over again to ensure young women recognize and embrace the queens they are within.”

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym:

apathy

• indifference

• crucial

• first

• contemplate

• enable

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym:

critical

• indifference

• crucial

• first

• contemplate

• enable