Bad Boy Quiz

Which of the following statements BEST describes the author’s controlling idea in the memoir?

• 1. Books are more important than other activities.

• 1. It’s important to fit in with others even if that means giving up your interests.

• 1. There are certain ways that girls and boys are expected to behave.

• 1. Books provide an escape.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Reread paragraph 4.  The author most likely included this information to-

• provide evidence of why he enjoyed sports

• compare and contrast his love of reading to his love of sports

• describe his struggle with his love of reading

• emphasize how much he enjoyed fighting

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

 Why did Walter hide his books in a paper bag?

• Walter doesn’t want his library books to get wet.

• Walter doesn’t want other kids to see that he is reading books.

• Walter is worried about the girls making fun of him.

• Walter favors sports over reading.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

 Which statement  best supports that Walter thinks that boys and girls are expected to have different interests from each other?

• “If you can do these exercises, we’ll get off the court,” Lorelle challenged.

• Being a boy meant to me that I was not particularly like girls.

• Sometimes I would see other children on the trolley with books under their arms and suspected that they were like me somehow.

• And I was a bad, bad loser.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read this sentence from paragraph 10.

Not one of us was limber enough to do the stretching

exercises, and soon we were all trying to look as disgusted as we

could while we hopped around the floor to the music.

What word provides a clue to the meaning of the word limber?

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4