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