Making Inferences in an Article about Roberto Clemente — Unit test Answers

Read these stanzas from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poems."The Poet and His Song""An Easy-Goin’ Feller"A song is but a little thing,And yet what joy it is to sing!In hours of toil it gives me zest,And when at eve I long for rest;When cows come home along the bars,And in the fold I hear the bell,As Night, the shepherd, herds his stars,I sing my song, and all is well.Ther' ain't no use in all this strife,An' hurryin', pell-mell, right thro' life.I don't believe in goin' too fastTo see what kind o' road you've passed.It ain't no mortal kind o' good,'N' I would n't hurry ef I could.I like to jest go joggin' 'long,To limber up my soul with song.How are the messages of these two poems similar?

Which detail from "Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." best supports the theme that positive change often comes when people work together?

Read the excerpt from "Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."The simple act of refusing to buy table grapes laced with pesticides is a powerful statement that the growers understand.Economic pressure is the only language the growers speak, and they are beginning to listen.Please, boycott table grapes. For your safety, for the workers, and for the children, we must act together.This passage shows that one purpose of Chavez’s speech is

Read the excerpt from "Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."Dr. King was also radical in his beliefs about violence. He learned how to successfully fight hatred and violence with the unstoppable power of nonviolence.He once stopped an armed mob, saying, "We are not advocating violence. We want to love our enemies. I want you to love our enemies. Be good to them. This is what we live by. We must meet hate with love."Based on the details in this passage, what is most likely a theme of Chavez’s speech?

Read this excerpt from I Never Had It Made.Unknown to most people and certainly to me, after launching a major scouting program, Branch Rickey had picked me as that player. The Rickey talent hunt went beyond national borders. Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and other countries where dark-skinned people lived had been checked out. . . .In August 1945, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, I was approached by Clyde Sukeforth, the Dodger scout. Blacks have had to learn to protect themselves by being cynical but not cynical enough to slam the door on potential opportunities. We go through life walking a tightrope to prevent too much disillusionment. I was out on the field when Sukeforth called my name and beckoned. He told me the Brown Dodgers were looking for two ballplayers, that Branch Rickey had heard about me and sent him to watch me throw from the hole. He had come at an unfortunate time. I had hurt my shoulder a couple of days before that, and I wouldn't be doing any throwing for at least a week.Which detail best supports the idea that Jackie Robinson is skeptical about change?

Read these stanzas from Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poems."Ebb""Song of a Second April" I know what my heart is likeSince your love died:It is like a hollow ledgeHolding a little poolLeft there by the tide,A little tepid pool,Drying inward from the edgeThe larger streams run still and deep,Noisy and swift the small brooks runAmong the mullein stalks the sheepGo up the hillside in the sun,Pensively,—only you are gone,You that alone I cared to keep. How are the messages of these two poems similar?

Read the excerpt from "Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."During my first fast in 1968, Dr. King reminded me that our struggle was his struggle too. He sent me a telegram which said, "Our separate struggles are really one. A struggle for freedom, for dignity, and for humanity." . . .Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.Based on the details in this passage, which theme best represents the ideas presented in Chavez’s speech?

Read this paragraph from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.Well, three or four months run along, and it was well into the winter now. I had been to school most all the time and could spell and read and write just a little, and could say the multiplication table up to six times seven is thirty-five, and I don't reckon I could ever get any further than that if I was to live forever. I don't take no stock in mathematics, anyway.What is the author’s purpose for including this paragraph?

Read this excerpt from a poem.He curls on the couchThe light is low.No voices beckon him awayDemands diminish.Contentment sidles up beside himAnd he exhales.Which line contains personification?

Read this excerpt from I Never Had It Made."They'll taunt and goad you," Mr. Rickey said. "They'll do anything to make you react. They'll try to provoke a race riot in the ballpark. This is the way to prove to the public that a Negro should not be allowed in the major league. This is the way to frighten the fans and make them afraid to attend the games."If hundreds of black people wanted to come to the ballpark to watch me play and Mr. Rickey tried to discourage them, would I understand that he was doing it because the emotional enthusiasm of my people could harm the experiment? That kind of enthusiasm would be as bad as the emotional opposition of prejudiced white fans.Suppose I was at shortstop. Another player comes down from first, stealing, flying in with spikes high, and cuts me on the leg. As I feel the blood running down my leg, the white player laughs in my face. . . .Could I turn the other cheek? I didn't know how I would do it. Yet I knew that I must. I had to do it for so many reasons. For black youth, for my mother, for Rae, for myself. I had already begun to feel I had to do it for Branch Rickey.Which detail best supports the idea that Robinson is concerned about the job he faces?

Read these stanzas from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poems."The Seedling""The Old Apple Tree" Little folks, be like the seedling,Always do the best you can;Every child must share life's laborJust as well as every man.And the sun and showers will help youThrough the lonesome, struggling hours,Till you raise to light and beautyVirtue's fair, unfading flowers Life for us ain't all been summer,But I guess we've had our shareOf its flittin' joys an' pleasures,An' a sprinklin' of its care.Oft the skies have smiled upon us;Then again we've seen 'em frown,Though our load was ne'er so heavyThat we longed to lay it down.But when death does come a-callin',This my last request shall be,—That they'll bury me an' Hallie'Neath the old apple-tree.How are the messages of these two poems similar?