Newsie

In Scene 1, SD1 says, "Newsies swarm the wagon like ants on a frankfurter." The playwright uses this simile to express the idea that___________.

• The wagon is carrying hot dogs

• The newsies are moving in a busy, focused way

• The newsies are very small

• The newsies eagerly crowd around the wagon

Why does Ani decide to become a newsie?

• All her friends are newsies

• She needs to make money to help her family

• It seems like an exciting job

• She wants to be a journalist when she grows up

What is the end goal of the newsies strike?

• For the publishers to charge the newsies a faired price for the papers

• For the newspapers to publish better articles

• To put the newspaper publishers out of business

• To stop people form reading newspapers

Which of the following is NOT an action the newsies took to protest the newspapers rising price?

• Asking the public not to buy newspapers

• Trying to sell more papers by acting pitiful

• Refusing to sell newspapers

• Holding protests

What is the most important thing that you learn in Scene 7

• Hearst has a car

• The war increased Hearst's costs.

• The newsies' strike is working": it's affecting the newspaper owners' business

• The newsies used to pay one cent for two newspapers

Which are themes of the play "Newsies"?

Choose TWO

• There is power in working together.

• Children have rights, just like adults do.

• Money can't buy happiness.

• Today, it's illegal for American children to work more than 18 hours per week.

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence.

The______________ of the newspapers decreased when the newsies went on strike.

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence.

Students were distracted by the ____________ students changing classes and opening lockers in the hallway.

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence.

My mother was ____________ when I left for college. My dad said she moped around the house for days.

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence.

Angry workers formed a _________________ outside of the grocery store to protest the price of bananas.