Satchel Paige
Authored by Margaret Anderson
English
8th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Who was Satchel Paige?
the first black baseball player in the Major Leagues
a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team
a talented baseball pitcher in the Negro Leagues in California
a major civil rights activist in the 1940s
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CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What does the author describe throughout most of the text?
the reasons why Jackie Robinson was signed to the Major Leagues, rather than Satchel Paige
the way Satchel Paige felt about not being the first black baseball player in the Major Leagues
the significance of the integration of Major League baseball to the civil rights movement
the personal relationship between Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson
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CCSS.RI.11-12.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What was the title of the passage?
How Satchel Paige became the first black major league baseball player
Before Jackie: How Strikeout King Satchel Paige Struck Down Jim Crow
Satchel Paige Strikeout King: Jim Crow Laws
The Strikeout King and the Jim Crow Laws
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CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What was a main reason why Satchel Paige felt that he should have been the first black baseball player in the Major League, instead of Jackie Robinson?
He was older than Jackie Robinson, and therefore could better handle being the first black Major League baseball player.
He was a better baseball player than Jackie Robinson, and had proven himself against the best white players.
He cared about civil rights issues and racial tolerance much more than Jackie Robinson did.
He was already prepared to be the first black Major League player because the Cleveland Indians had tried to sign him.
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player signed from the Negro Leagues to the Major Leagues, _____ it was Satchel Paige who brought the spotlight to the Negro Leagues.
even though
because
before
for instance
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CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
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