Cesar Chavez "Lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr."

1. According to Chavez, what must people do to truly honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• A. Become radical activist

• B. Accept the ways things are.

• C. Learn his lessons.

• D. Work with employers for better jobs.

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2. Chavez admires King for his ability to

• A. fight hatred and violence with nonviolence.

• B. fighting injustice anyway we can.

• C. ignore hateful people.

• D. be violent when faced with violence.

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3. What was Cesar Chavez trying to stop in farming communities?

• A. Child labor.

• B. Long working hours.

• C. Use of manual labor.

• D. Use of pesticides.

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4. "Our nation continues" is an example of what literary term?

• A. Hyperbole

• B. Repetition

• C. Metaphor

• D. Simile

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5. Chavez says that the nation is segregated by

• A. religious believes.

• B. political views

• C. racial and economics lines.

• D. farming against industry.

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6. When Chavez refers to "economic slavery" is referring to

• A. people working for little money.

• B. The economy of the state.

• C. The economy of the country.

• D. There is too much money in pesticide companies.

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7. "...blinded by greed, by

racism, and by power"... is an example of

• A. hyperbole.

• B. Parallelism

• C. Metaphor

• D. Silime

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8. Where as King's protestors had dogs turned on them, Chavez notes that farm laborers had __________ turned on them.

• A. Armed foreman.

• B. Armed police

• C. Military police.

• D. National guard.

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9. Cesar Chavez founded which labor union?

• A. Immigrants workers of the United States.

• B. Farm growers of California.

• C. Anti-pesticide Organization League.

• D. United Farm Workers

  Union.

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10. What fruit did Chavez plead with the people to boycott?

• A. Oranges.

• B. Apples.

• C. Grapes.

• D. Avocados.

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