Not Poor, Just Broke

Who wrote "Not Poor, Just Broke"?

• Richard Claxton Gregory

• Robert Claxton Gregory

• Richard Lipayte

• Robert Claxton Lipayte

What did Richard do to buy himself a "daddy"?

• Selling ice

• Shinning shoes

• Being a paper hanger

• Renting a daddy

What type of irony is this?

“And I always thought the teacher kind of liked me. She always picked me to wash the blackboard on Friday, after school.”

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Not an Irony

Who was RIchard's crush?

• Helen Tucker

• Helene Gregory

• Helene Tucker

• Simmons Tucker

Three adjectives the Teacher characteristics:

• Rude, professional, lovely.

• Rude, unprofessional, too honest.

• Kind, hard-working, honesty.

• Kind, encouraging, mature.

Who said:

“My daddy said he’d give two dollars and fifty cents.”

• Richard Gregory

• Helene Tucker

• Teacher

• Mrs. Simmoms

What adjective did Richard describe his hair?

• nappy

• curly

• white

• shine

What was Richard’s feeling about the relief truck at the end of the story?

• He hated it.

• He ran to it when it came.

• He was scared of it.

• He thought the food was delicious.

What is the purpose of Negro paydays?

• To collect money for religious purposes.

• To collect money from children’s dads for Negro children.

• To collect money as the tutoring fees.

• To collect money for the community chest (class maintenance).

What are the major conflicts in the story we mentioned earlier?

• Man vs Man, Man vs self, Man vs Society

• Man vs Supernatural, Man vs self, Man vs Society

• Man vs Nature, Man vs self, Man vs Society

• Man vs Man, Man vs Supernatural, Man vs Society