Page Numbers
Superlative/Comparative
Comprehension
Comprehension Cont.
Vocabulary
100

What page talked about Jean Toomer?

342

100

What word generally goes in front of comparative adjectives or adverbs?

More 

100

What was Blackbird of 1928?

A Broadway musical produced and performed by African-Americans.

100

Why is it better to be poor in Harlem?

It is a great place to be and it was a very positive neighborhood.

100

What is a synonym for the word launch?

A. start

B. wave

C. feed

D. close

A

200

What page can you find out what a "serious" theater is?

343

200

What word generally goes in front of superlative adjectives or adverbs?

Most

200

What is a sharecropper?

A sharecropper is a farmer who works the land but does not own it. The sharecropper keeps some of the harvest but pays the owner a share of the crops as rent.

200

Was Jessie Fauset a magazine editor or a formal poetry or a magazine editor?

A magazine editor

200

Which vocabulary word means "the actors in a play or movie"?

Cast

300

What page can you find what brought people to Harlem?

338

300

What ending is added to the end of a comparative adjectives or adverbs?

-ER

300

What was a rent party?

When someone didn’t have money for rent, they had a party. They charged people a little money to come to the party.

300

How did the problems in the south help create the Harlem Renaissance? 

It caused a lot of people to move up north and show who they really were as people. 

300

Define international.

Relating to two or more countries

400

What page can you find out what the Harlem Renaissance was?

334

400

What ending is added to the end of a superlative adjectives or adverbs?

-EST

400

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

It was when African-American poetry and art blossomed. It was when communities of artist sprang up and grew close. 

400

How were people able to afford the art, parties, and other things that were part of the Harlem Renaissance?

The economy was very good. 

400

What does the word "adventure" mean?

a thrilling or exciting experience; an exciting activity

500

What page talks about Carl Van Vechten and what he did?

345

500

Explain the difference between a comparative and a superlative adjective/adverb.

Comparative is when you compare one thing to another(2 things). Superlative is when you compare one thing to everything else(more than 2 things).

500

What did Carl Van Vechten do to help the Harlem Renaissance?

He made sure that newspapers wrote about African-American artist and writers. 

500

What ended the Harlem Renaissance?

When the stock market crashed in 1929, the Great Depression began. People lost their jobs and there wasn’t enough money for parties, clubs, art, and writing.

500

A widespread reputation, especially for great achievement. This is the definition for which vocabulary word?

Fame