Cesar Chavez

Which statement identifies the central idea of the entire text?

• Cesar Chavez delayed the movement for workers’ rights by refusing to allow his followers to engage in violence.

• Cesar Chavez was one of the many migrant workers who joined the United Farm Workers of America.

• Cesar Chavez improved the lives of farm workers through peaceful forms of protest and continuous activism.

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Which of the following describes how Cesar Chavez is introduced in the text?

• Chavez is introduced as a Mexican-American boy who learned about injustice at an early age.

• Chavez is introduced as an activist who makes important personal sacrifices to encourage change.

• Chavez is introduced as a migrant worker who has personal experience with unfair conditions.

• Chavez is introduced as a Mexican-American boy who disrespects teachers and doesn't value education

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In Growing Up, who worked with Chavez to register migrant voters so they could improve their field conditions?

• Helen Fabela

• Fred Ross

• Cesar's father

• Anglo-Saxon men

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In Paragraph 2, "Cesar's Approach" what did Chavez do to make people aware of migrant farmers low pay and unsafe work conditions?

• He boycotted grapes

• He shouted "Huelga!" during a boycott

• He fasted

• He used violence

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In Carmen T. Bernier-Grand's narrative poems about Cesar Chavez, which element is often emphasized due to the lack of a fixed meter?

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Personification

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Which of these is NOT a tactic used by Chavez in order to create change

• Boycotts

• Fasting

• Violence

• Marching

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Which key idea from the section about the protest march to Sacramento best supports the central idea?

• While migrant workers marched, grapes were not harvested and died on the vine.

• Americans refused to buy California grapes in support of the march.

• Migrant workers left their jobs to march with Cesar to Sacramento.

• Cesar organized the march to bring attention to the bad working conditions of migrant workers.

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Where did Chavez and his followers walk?

• San Diego to Sacramento

• Washington to Salinas

• Modesto to Sacramento

• Delano to Sacramento

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Cesar Chavez fought for the rights of...

• farm growers

• farmworkers

• migrant children

• grape growers

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In Organizing Groups, what did the CSO disagree with Cesar about?

• CSO did not agree that Cesar should be in charge instead of Fred Ross

• CSO did not agree that farm workers should not be violent

• CSO did not agree that farm workers need to form a union

• CSO did not agree that migrant workers should register to vote

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