Newsies

Newsies

6th Grade

15 Qs

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Newsies

Newsies

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.6.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.9

+25

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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


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

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence. If the grocery store doesn't start paying their cashiers a fair wage, the workers might go on_____________ in protest.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who are the “newsies” in the play?

kids who sell newspapers

men who own newspaper companies

drivers who deliver newspapers

managers who hand out newspapers

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which words best describe the newsies at the beginning of the play?

thoughtless and unfair

important and powerful

educated and successful

poor and often homeless

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why do the newsies go on strike?

to sell more papers

to fight unfair costs

to find more workers

to charge more for papers

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which line from the play best supports the correct answer to Question 5?

“People don’t care when the big news is a cat up a tree.”

“Rose and Boots enter a room packed with newsies.”

“We’ll force the newspaper owners to lower our price back to 50 cents.”

“They throw papers over the side of the bridge.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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