Newsies
Quiz
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English
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6th Grade
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Hard
+25
Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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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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