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Colin Powell did a great job driving the Coke truck.
 
False
 
True
Colin Powell was an excellent student.
 
False
 
True
"Give the king his due" means to work hard for your boss.
 
True
 
False
If something is written in chronological order, it is written in time order.
 
True
 
False
If your _______________ is to go to college, you should excel in school and work hard.
 
priority
 
claustrophobic
 
allure
The stack of dishes is balanced _____________. It could fall at any moment!
 
precariously
 
priority
 
claustrophobic
 
allure
If you feel a room is ____________, you would feel closed in and would not enjoy being there.
 
claustrophobic
 
priority
 
precarious
Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of the underlined word. "...the foreman noticed my work, and asked if I'd like to try driving a Coke truck." p. 254
 
a person in charge of a particular group of workers
 
the man that comes before you in line
 
a person who carries the luggage at a hotel
 
a person who is in the armed service
A memoir is written in first person and a biography is written in third person.
 
True
 
False
Third person pronouns are
 
he, she, they it, the
 
it, the
 
mine
 
I, me, my
Biographies are written in
 
third person
 
first person
 
second person
A memoir reflects how the writer remembers his or her life.
 
True
 
False
First person point of view signal words are
 
all of these
 
I
 
Me
 
My
A biography is written by
 
someone other than the subject
 
a poet
 
an editor
 
the subject
A memoir is
 
an autobiographical writing
 
written by someone else
 
written in third person
 
a summary
Powell believes every job...
 
is a learning experience
 
should be difficult
 
should be high paying
 
should be fun
Memoirs are written in
 
1st person POV
 
3rd person POV
 
2nd person POV
Powell integrated
 
A bottling machine crew
 
A Coke truck crew
 
A furniture store
 
a Pepsi factory
Powell earned ______ on his first (and only) day driving a Coke truck. answer choices $20 $0 $15 $50
 
$20
 
$0
 
$15
 
$50
Jay Sickler told Colin that he should....
 
get an education.
 
quit because he wasn't a very good worker.
 
skip college to work at the store full time.
 
inherit the store.
Starting at about age 14, Colin Powell worked summers and holidays at a _____ store.
 
baby furniture
 
living room furniture
 
clothing store
 
Pepsi
Name three difference between a biography and a memoir.
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Which of these is NOT something Powell believes about work?
 
You just always approve of what your boss wants you to do
 
Don't disappoint yourself
 
If you take the pay, earn it
 
Every job is a learning experience
Powell learned his habit of working hard from
 
his Jamaican Immigrant parents
 
his teammates at school
 
getting a union card when he was eighteen
 
driving a truck in New York City
In It Worked for Me, one lesson Colin Powell wants to teach is
 
Always do you very best
 
Don't worry about the future
 
Never do more than one job at a time
 
Try to own a company
Who did Colin Powell marry?
 
Alma Johnson
 
Ms. Wooten
 
Mae Jemison
 
Katy Perry
Where were Powell's parents from?
 
Jamaica
 
New York
 
New York City
 
India
What college did Powell go to?
 
City College of New York
 
NYCU
 
Notre Dame
 
Duke
When did he graduate college?
 
1958
 
1999
 
1490
 
1987
Who were Colin Powell's parents?
 
Luther and Maud
 
Luther and Wales
 
Edward and Wales
 
Edward and Maud
If you write your own life story, you write a/an
 
autobiography
 
memoir
 
fable
 
biography
A biography is
 
The story of someone's life written by someone else
 
The story of someone's life written by that person
 
A short diary of someone famous
Allure is
 
The ability to interest or attract others
 
The ability to do two things at one time
 
The ability to have amazing musical talent
 
The ability to know lots of things
Priority means
 
Something that is incredibly important
 
A degree or diploma.
 
A religious ceremony
 
Something that is not at all important
A memoir is
 
Events of someone's life written by them that teaches a less
 
A life story written by someone else
 
Someone's entire life story written by that person.
 
A story with animals as characters that teaches a lesson.
Prestigious means
 
Distinguished, respected, and important
 
Cheap and poorly made
 
An area with lots of homes and businesses
 
Scary. Causing fear or anxiety
Precarious means
 
Dangerous or unstable
 
Difficult
 
Sad and heartbreaking
 
Soft and comfortable
What does claustrophobic mean?
 
A space that is uncomfortably crowded or closed
 
A really tough test or exam with time limits
 
A taste someone doesn't enjoy
 
Uncomfortably open or empty
Which of the following is a primary source?
 
autobiography
 
biography
 
encyclopedia
 
news article
Which of the following is a secondary source?
 
textbook
 
autobiography
 
diary
 
eyewitness account
Which detail supports the idea that Powell had “a mild interest in the military”?
 
In school, he closely followed the events of the Korean War.
 
he majored in geology
 
he was expected to go to college
 
he had no intention of making a career out of the military
In college, Colin soon switched from studying engineering to...
 
geology
 
geography
 
art
 
military tactics
Powell chose to attend City College rather than New York University because of
 
cost of tuition
 
location
 
where his parents went to college
 
prestige
When he graduated from high school, Colin said he wanted to be...
 
a military leader
 
a civil servant
 
a politician
 
an engineer
By working hard, Powell achieved his ambition to attend Bronx High School of Science.
 
False
 
True
Powell is described as being a ______________.
 
lackluster student
 
hardworking student
 
smart
 
great student
to "play hooky" means
 
to skip school
 
to catch each other with hooks
 
to play all day at school
 
to do well in school
The quotation, “It was just the way they lived their lives,” supports the idea that
 
Colin's parents led by example.
 
Powell was a C student.
 
Not much was expected of the Powell children.
 
Colin's parents came from Jamaica.
Events in a biography are often presented in
 
chronological order
 
reverse chronological order
 
order of importance
 
random order
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
A biography is a
 
secondary source
 
primary source
Which has the most allure?
 
a million dollars
 
a house full of porcupines
 
$5
 
a job moving furniture
Perseverance means
 
staying focused on goals
 
finishing work fastest or earliest
 
having the best ideas
 
finding a way out of hard work
Luther and Maud Powell told their children that only ______ could lead to success.
 
hard work and perseverance
 
hard work and education
 
hard work and church
 
perseverance and education
As a child, Colin was self-contentious about his race.
 
False
 
True
When Colin was 3, his family moved to...
 
the Bronx
 
Harlem
 
Jamaica
 
Washington, D.C.
Colin Powell was born in
 
Harlem
 
The Bronx
 
Jamaica
 
Brooklyn


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