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Colin Powell's Life

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