Colin Powell was born
Colin Powell

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English
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6th Grade
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Hard
Margaret Anderson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
on a country estate in New York.
in New York City's Harlem district.
on the island of Jamaica
in Hunts Point in the Bronx.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It It worked Me, one lesson Colin Powell wants to teach is
Try to own a company.
Never do more than one job at a time.
Always do your very best.
Don't worry about the future.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Powell learned his habit of working hard from
his Jamaican immigrant parents.
his teammates at school.
getting a union card when he was eighteen.
driving a truck in New York City.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these is NOT something Powell believes about work?
Every job is a learning experience.
If you take the pay, earn it.
Don't disappoint yourself.
You must always approve of what your boss wants you to do.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In Colin Powell, which detail supports the idea that Powell had “a mild interest in the military”?
In high school, he closely followed the events of the Korean War.
His parents expected him to go to college.
He enrolled in the engineering program at City College.
He had no intention of making the army a career.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In Colin Powell, the quotation, “It was just the way they lived their lives,” supports the idea that
Colin was not a great student.
Colin's parents came from Jamaica.
Colin's parents led by example.
Colin's parents didn't expect much from their children.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Both the memoir and the biography
focus mostly on Powell's family life.
help explain the kind of a person Powell is.
emphasize the effect school had on Powell.
describe life in the military.
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