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Colin Powell's Life

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  • Colin Powell was born in
    Jamaica
    Brooklyn
    Harlem
    The Bronx
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  • When Colin was 3, his family moved to...
    Washington, D.C.
    Harlem
    the Bronx
    Jamaica
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  • As a child, Colin was self-contentious about his race.
    False
    True
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  • Luther and Maud Powell told their children that only ______ could lead to success.
    hard work and perseverance
    hard work and education
    perseverance and education
    hard work and church
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  • Perseverance means
    finding a way out of hard work
    finishing work fastest or earliest
    having the best ideas
    staying focused on goals
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  • Which has the most allure?
    a house full of porcupines
    $5
    a million dollars
    a job moving furniture
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  • A biography is a
    primary source
    secondary source
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  • Harlemites who moved to Hunts Point, the Bronx, felt they
    had been degraded
    needed to move again soon
    had moved up in the world
    had moved to a worse neighborhood
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  • Events in a biography are often presented in
    chronological order
    random order
    reverse chronological order
    order of importance
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  • The quotation, “It was just the way they lived their lives,” supports the idea that
    Colin's parents led by example.
    Not much was expected of the Powell children.
    Colin's parents came from Jamaica.
    Powell was a C student.
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  • to "play hooky" means
    to skip school
    to catch each other with hooks
    to do well in school
    to play all day at school
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  • Powell is described as being a ______________.
    smart
    hardworking student
    great student
    lackluster student
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  • By working hard, Powell achieved his ambition to attend Bronx High School of Science.
    False
    True
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  • When he graduated from high school, Colin said he wanted to be...
    a civil servant
    a politician
    a military leader
    an engineer
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  • Powell chose to attend City College rather than New York University because of
    prestige
    where his parents went to college
    location
    cost of tuition
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  • In college, Colin soon switched from studying engineering to...
    art
    military tactics
    geography
    geology
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