Key Questions
Vocabulary
Key Questions
Vocabulary
Extra
100
Which of the following was the the effect of Paulsen staying out late selling newspaper?
He was on the street with the gangs who attacked him.
100
To gain by energetic effort
What is hustle
100
Which pronoun shows that "Dirk the Protector" is told in first-person point of view?
What is I
100
A companion or associate
What is cohort
100
About how old was the author when the events in this memoir took place
School Age
200
Based on the events in this memoir, readers can conclude that Paulsen is
What is determined and street smart
200
Weak or small
What is puny
200
Which statement reveals that "Dirk the Protector" is told from the first-person point of view
Because I was from the wrong side of the tracks I didn't think I could go to the authorities
200
Usual, tradition
What is conventional
200
The author needed money for clothes, food, and school supplies. One effect of this need was that he
Worked on farms in the summer
300
Which effect did Dirk have on Happy and the gang?
The gang never bothered the author again
300
A person or thing that came before
What is forerunner
300
What caused Paulsen to leave Dirk on the farm?
He knew Dirk was happy on the farm
300
A situation in which no progress can be made
What is impasse
400
Which of the following was the cause of Dirk rescuing the author?
The author shared his burger with Dirk.
400
Person used to distract
What is a decoy
400
Which cause has more than one effect in this memoir?
There was drinking at Paulsen's home
400
An animal that hurts others
What is predatory
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