Grammar
What is wrong with the sentence?
Darry works three jobs he is so tired all the time.
It is a run-on!
Schools and public places were divided by race. This was known as ______________.
A) Inauguration
B) Camaraderie
C) Segregation
C) Segregation
March is a graphic novel about __________.
John Lewis
Warriors Don't Cry is narrated by ______________.
Melba Patillo Beals
At a 1958 book signing, Martin Luther King experiences an assassination attempt. What happens?
A woman named Izola Curry stabs him with a letter opener.
What is the capital of New Jersey?
Trenton
What is wrong with the sentence?
Sodapop, the most handsome and charismatic kid in the whole town.
"The act of refusing to buy or engage with services from someone as a form of protest"
A) inauguration
B) boycott
C) segregation
B) Boycott
John Lewis was born and grew up in the state of _____________.
Alabama
The story takes place in ___________________.
Little Rock, Arkansas
What is MLK's wife's name?
Coretta
This University in Central Jersey has sports teams known as The Scarlett Knights.
Rutgers
What is wrong with the sentence?
The experiment was a failure, not having studied the lab manual carefully.
It has a dangling modifier.
Mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together
A) Ambiguity B) Camaraderie
C) Inquisition D) Aberration
B) Camaraderie
chickens on his family's farm
Melba and her family visit ______________, and find that race relations are much better and more friendly in this city.
Cincinnati, Ohio
MLK grew up in _____________.
Atlanta Georgia
The board game Monopoly was based on which coastal New Jersey city?
Atlantic City
What is wrong with the sentence?
I went to the store and purchased a pair of purple men's shoes.
It contains a misplaced modifier!
The students were ____________ when the teacher told them they had to write a 5 page paper by the following day.
A) Gallant B) Content
C) Incredulous D) Amiable
C) Incredulous
At the training seminar to get ready for peaceful protest, how do they prepare themselves to deal with being called insulting names?
They have different roles and take turns listening to others shout insulting names at them so they get used to it and won't respond violently when they encounter it in real life.
The girl who sometimes bullies Melba, but also saves her is named _____________.
Marissa
When King spoke at a meeting in support of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, segregationists violently responded by _____________.
bombing his home
Which river acts as the border between New Jersey and neighboring Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
The Delaware River
Identify all four mistakes in the passage:
Sunday morning. The forecast predicted snow, I was filled with excitement. Walking down Kennedy Blvd, snow began to fall. This made me very happy. It quickly changed to rain I was devastated.
Fragment: Sunday morning.
Comma Splice: The forecast predicted snow, I was filled with excitement.
Misplaced modifier: Walking down Kennedy Blvd, snow began to fall.
Run-on: It quickly changed to rain I was devastated.
He waited for the sad feelings to _________ before he got in the car and drove home.
A) subside B) elude
C) verify D) abide
A) subside
John Lewis really wants to attend _____________ University, but is denied because of his race.
Troy State
Melba is part of the Little Rock Nine.
Name at least three other students who are part of the group. (First names are fine)
Ernest Green, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, Elizabeth Eckford, Thelma Mothershed, Minnijean Brown, Carlotta Walls, and Gloria Ray.
King's father was a prominent pastor at the __________ ____________ Church in Atlanta.
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Who is the only US president to call New Jersey his home state?
Woodrow Wilson