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Colin Powell did a great job driving the Coke truck.

False

True

Colin Powell was an excellent student.

False

True

"Give the king his due" means to work hard for your boss.

True

False

If something is written in chronological order, it is written in time order.

True

False

If your _______________ is to go to college, you should excel in school and work hard.

priority

claustrophobic

allure

The stack of dishes is balanced _____________. It could fall at any moment!

precariously

priority

claustrophobic

allure

If you feel a room is ____________, you would feel closed in and would not enjoy being there.

claustrophobic

priority

precarious

Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of the underlined word. "...the foreman noticed my work, and asked if I'd like to try driving a Coke truck." p. 254

a person in charge of a particular group of workers

the man that comes before you in line

a person who carries the luggage at a hotel

a person who is in the armed service

A memoir is written in first person and a biography is written in third person.

True

False

Third person pronouns are

he, she, they it, the

it, the

mine

I, me, my

Biographies are written in

third person

first person

second person

A memoir reflects how the writer remembers his or her life.

True

False

First person point of view signal words are

all of these

I

Me

My

A biography is written by

someone other than the subject

a poet

an editor

the subject

A memoir is

an autobiographical writing

written by someone else

written in third person

a summary

Powell believes every job...

is a learning experience

should be difficult

should be high paying

should be fun

Memoirs are written in

1st person POV

3rd person POV

2nd person POV

Powell integrated

A bottling machine crew

A Coke truck crew

A furniture store

a Pepsi factory

Powell earned ______ on his first (and only) day driving a Coke truck. answer choices $20 $0 $15 $50

$20

$0

$15

$50

Jay Sickler told Colin that he should....

get an education.

quit because he wasn't a very good worker.

skip college to work at the store full time.

inherit the store.

Starting at about age 14, Colin Powell worked summers and holidays at a _____ store.

baby furniture

living room furniture

clothing store

Pepsi

Name three difference between a biography and a memoir.

Answers vary

Which of these is NOT something Powell believes about work?

You just always approve of what your boss wants you to do

Don't disappoint yourself

If you take the pay, earn it

Every job is a learning experience

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

In It Worked for Me, one lesson Colin Powell wants to teach is

Always do you very best

Don't worry about the future

Never do more than one job at a time

Try to own a company

Who did Colin Powell marry?

Alma Johnson

Ms. Wooten

Mae Jemison

Katy Perry

Where were Powell's parents from?

Jamaica

New York

New York City

India

What college did Powell go to?

City College of New York

NYCU

Notre Dame

Duke

When did he graduate college?

1958

1999

1490

1987

Who were Colin Powell's parents?

Luther and Maud

Luther and Wales

Edward and Wales

Edward and Maud

If you write your own life story, you write a/an

autobiography

memoir

fable

biography

A biography is

The story of someone's life written by someone else

The story of someone's life written by that person

A short diary of someone famous

Allure is

The ability to interest or attract others

The ability to do two things at one time

The ability to have amazing musical talent

The ability to know lots of things

Priority means

Something that is incredibly important

A degree or diploma.

A religious ceremony

Something that is not at all important

A memoir is

Events of someone's life written by them that teaches a less

A life story written by someone else

Someone's entire life story written by that person.

A story with animals as characters that teaches a lesson.

Prestigious means

Distinguished, respected, and important

Cheap and poorly made

An area with lots of homes and businesses

Scary. Causing fear or anxiety

Precarious means

Dangerous or unstable

Difficult

Sad and heartbreaking

Soft and comfortable

What does claustrophobic mean?

A space that is uncomfortably crowded or closed

A really tough test or exam with time limits

A taste someone doesn't enjoy

Uncomfortably open or empty

Which of the following is a primary source?

autobiography

biography

encyclopedia

news article

Which of the following is a secondary source?

textbook

autobiography

diary

eyewitness account

Which detail supports the idea that Powell had “a mild interest in the military”?

In school, he closely followed the events of the Korean War.

he majored in geology

he was expected to go to college

he had no intention of making a career out of the military

In college, Colin soon switched from studying engineering to...

geology

geography

art

military tactics

Powell chose to attend City College rather than New York University because of

cost of tuition

location

where his parents went to college

prestige

When he graduated from high school, Colin said he wanted to be...

a military leader

a civil servant

a politician

an engineer

By working hard, Powell achieved his ambition to attend Bronx High School of Science.

False

True

Powell is described as being a ______________.

lackluster student

hardworking student

smart

great student

to "play hooky" means

to skip school

to catch each other with hooks

to play all day at school

to do well in school

The quotation, “It was just the way they lived their lives,” supports the idea that

Colin's parents led by example.

Powell was a C student.

Not much was expected of the Powell children.

Colin's parents came from Jamaica.

Events in a biography are often presented in

chronological order

reverse chronological order

order of importance

random order

Harlemites who moved to Hunts Point, the Bronx, felt they

had moved up in the world

had moved to a worse neighborhood

needed to move again soon

had been degraded

A biography is a

secondary source

primary source

Which has the most allure?

a million dollars

a house full of porcupines

$5

a job moving furniture

Perseverance means

staying focused on goals

finishing work fastest or earliest

having the best ideas

finding a way out of hard work

Luther and Maud Powell told their children that only ______ could lead to success.

hard work and perseverance

hard work and education

hard work and church

perseverance and education

As a child, Colin was self-contentious about his race.

False

True

When Colin was 3, his family moved to...

the Bronx

Harlem

Jamaica

Washington, D.C.

Colin Powell was born in

Harlem

The Bronx

Jamaica

Brooklyn