"We Beat the Streets" Excerpt

Absorb means

• The power or right to make decisions

• unclear

• to mentally take in information, to understand

• a quick look

Authority means

• The power or right to make decisions

• unclear

• to mentally take in information, to understand

• a quick look

Vague means

• The power or right to make decisions

• unclear

• to mentally take in information, to understand

• a quick look

Glimpse means

• The power or right to make decisions

• unclear

• to mentally take in information, to understand

• a quick look

Fortune means

• success; wealth

• unclear

• to mentally take in information, to understand

• a quick look

Shakespeare is

• success; wealth

• a playwright from the 1500s in England.

• to mentally take in information, to understand

• a quick look

George's brother

• wanted George to do well in school.

• wanted George to skip school.

• wanted George to go to church.

George was doing well in school because

• his teacher didn't like him.

• his teacher made class interesting.

• his school was boring.

George's teacher created a ______________ club

• authority

• Shakespeare

• hip hop

What did the lady say about the students?

• She couldn't believe they were from that part of the city.

• She figured they were from that part of the city.