a poem that is written vertically using each letter of one word
What is an acrostic?
100
The rhyming pattern of a poem, usually labeled with letters (AABB)
What is rhyme scheme?
100
The city that Ruby and her family moved to when she was four years old
What is New Orleans?
100
The African American young girl that integrated an all-white school, as a first-grader, in New Orleans
Who is Ruby Bridges?
100
The author of "Through My Eyes"
Who is Ruby Bridges?
200
The total number of syllables in a haiku
What is 17 syllables?
200
The "paragraphs" in poetry
What is a stanza?
200
The school Ruby Bridges integrated as a first grader
What is William Frantz Public School?
200
Ruby Bridges' first grade teacher
Who is Mrs. Henry?
200
The natural disaster responsible for the flood that destroyed Mrs. Roosevelt's letter and her father's Purple Heart
What is Hurricane Betsy?
300
The tone of a limerick poem
What is humorous?
300
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
300
The people who served as daily escorts to take Ruby to school
What are marshals?
300
The First-Lady that sent a beloved letter to Ruby Bridges
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
300
The title of the song that was performed during the Black History Program with black clothing and white gloves
What is I Believe I Can Fly?
400
The part of speech used on the second line of a cinquain
What is an adjective?
400
A farmer that works on land that they do not own and pays the land owner by providing them with a share of the crops produced
What is a sharecropper?
400
The job Ruby's father was given by a neighbor after being fired from his other job
What is painting houses?
400
The NAACP lawyer, that spoke on behalf of the rights of African Americans during New Orleans' school integration. He later became the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
400
The city Mrs. Henry moved to during the summer after Ruby's first grade year
What is Boston?
500
The name of the last word (on the 5th line) of a cinquain
What is a synonym?
500
A person who believes in or practices segregation, especially of races
What is a segregationist?
500
The name of the school that the other three African American students attended to begin integration in New Orleans
What is McDonough?
500
The child psychiatrist that worked with Ruby Bridges during her first year of integration
Who is Dr. Robert Coles?
500
The name of the pediatrician that Ruby saw during her year of integration