Jesse Owens

Choose Three plot details that belong in a summary of the passage.

• Even though he lost, the narrator was inspired by his experience to try to run like Owens.

• After chatting with local officials, Owens shook hands with all the athletes.

• Owens easily defeated his seventeen young competitors in the 100-yard dash.

• Owens was a famous athlete who set many high school, college, and Olympic records.

• An unusually large crowd gathered to watch the track meet.

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How does the flashback in paragraph 2 contribute to the plot?

• It reveals why the narrator believes he can beat Jesse Owens in a fair race.

• It describes how the narrator got on the track team that was going to race Jesse Owens.

• It explains why racing against Jesse Owens means so much to the narrator.

• It explains why Jesse Owens agreed to race student athletes in Crater Stadium.

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Read this sentence from paragraph 6. “None of us ever stood a chance of beating him, of course.” What does the idiom stood a chance of mean in this sentence?

• had any hope of

• was interested in

• put any effort into

• could have imagined

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The following item has two parts. Answer Part A and then answer Part B. Part A: How does the narrator’s perspective influence the way the story is told?

• The reader never learns the resolution of the story’s central conflict.

• The narrator presents Jesse Owens as the villain of the story.

• The narrator draws conclusions about Jesse Owens’s feelings.

• The main character shares his feelings directly with the reader.

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Part B: Which detail from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

• “Usually just the athletes’ relatives and maybe a few classmates showed up.”

• “This didn’t make me nervous, though. Neither did the certainty that I was going to lose this race make me upset.”

• “He was a hero to everyone—except the Germans. They had expected to win in their home country.”

• “I guess he wasn’t too worried about concentrating on the upcoming race.”

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What does the word resolved mean as it is used in paragraph 6?

• asked

• decided

• refused

• pretended

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How does Passage 2 develop the theme “you can learn from failure”?

• The narrator explains that the money from the event went towards building a playground.

• The narrator explains how Jesse Owens was unfairly prevented from competing after the Olympics.

• The narrator states his intention to study Owens’s style and improve his own performance.

• The narrator says that no other racer had a real chance of winning against Owens.

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