Bad Boy Assessment
Answer the following questions and use the passage to answer them.
Question 1
At what stage of life is Walter, the narrator, when the events of the selection from BAD BOY take place?
small child
elementary schooler
teenager
young adult
Question 2
In the selection from BAD BOY, why does Walter feel a connection to the children he sees on the trolley?
The children appear to Walter as if they, too, are trying to fit in with their friends.
The children are from Walter's neighborhood and share similar struggles.
The children are on their way to the library, a place Walter loves.
The children, like Walter, are readers who are carrying books.
Question 3
In the selection from BAD BOY, what happens when Walter and his friends run into a group of girls exercising in the gym?
The boys make fun of the girls for not being interested in basketball.
The girls and boys dance together while Walter reads a poem aloud.
The girls challenge the boys to do their exercises, but the boys cannot.
The boys invite the girls to play basketball, but the girls do dancing exercises instead.
Question 4
According the selection from BAD BOY, what is Walter led to believe that boys should not do.
read books
exercise
follow hockey
play stoop ball
Question 5
Which of the following statements BEST explains how Walter, the narrator of the selection from BAD BOY, feels about books?
Walter values books because they provide comfort and escape.
Walter is interested in books because the people he respects read them.
Walter is passionate about books and will fight the older boys over them.
Walter like books but prefers "boy" activities, such as basketball and punchball.
Question 6
If it is correct to say that Teresa is DISGUSTED by a joke, then which of the following statements MUST be true? Base your answer on the meaning of DISGUSTED.
She finds the joke funny.
She thinks the joke is stupid.
She finds the joke unpleasant.
She has heard the joke too often.
Question 7
If Marla can correctly be described as DESPERATE for an afternoon nap, which of the following MUST BE true?
She refuses to take an afternoon nap.
She is too busy for an afternoon nap.
She greatly desires to take an afternoon nap.
She is about to wake up from an afternoon nap.
Question 8
What is the MOST LIKELY meaning of RESPECTED as it is used in the following sentence? Mrs. Evans if the most RESPECTED dance teacher in our town.
feared
graceful
admired
expensive
Question 9
In the selection from BAD BOY, why does Walter carry his books home from the library in a brown paper bag?
He is embarrassed to be reading books that are too young for him.
He does not want the neighborhood boys to see that he likes reading.
He is unable to afford his own books, so the librarians give him bags of library books to take home.
He does not want Dorothy to find any of his books because she would probably take them away from him.
Question 10
Which quotation from BAD BOY BEST supports the answer to Question 9?
Sometimes on rainy days I would sit in the library and read. The librarians always suggested book that were too young for me, but I still went on a regular basis.
I could never have afforded to buy the books and was pleased to have the library with its free supply.
Dorothy Dodson, daughter of the Wicked Witch, read books, and I knew she did, but she couldn't stand me and was more than happy to tell me so on a number of occassions.
When I brought a book home from the library, I would sometimes run into older kids who would tease me about my reading.
Question 11
What is the MOST LIKELY reason why Walter, the narrator of BAD BOY, plays basketball and other sports?
Walter is a naturally gifted athlete.
All of the kids in the neighborhood play sports.
People in Walter's neighborhood look up to athletes and push boys to play sports.
Walter wants to impress girls, and playing sports gives him a way to show off to them.
Question 12
Which quotation from BAD BOY BEST supports the answer to Question 11?
There were two categories of friends in my life: those with whom I played ball and everyone else.
Athletes were highly respected in the black community, and boys my age were encouraged to play some sport.
I would play basketball in the morning with the boys who were just reaching their teens, and then stoop ball or punchball in the block with boys my age.
Being a boy meant to me that I was not particularly like girls. Most of the girls I knew couldn't play ball, and that excluded them from most of what I wanted to do with my life.
Question 13
The selection from BAD BOY, how does Walter change and grow after the incident with the girls in the gym?
He discovers that he a talent for writing poetry.
He faces up to his friends and them about his love of reading.
He becomes interest in Lorelle Henry, the dancing girl from the gym.
He decides to pursue another secret interest, despite his friends' disapproval.
Question 14
Which quotation from BAD BOY BEST supports the answer to Question 13?
I was very comfortable being a boy, but there were times when the role was uncomfortable.
When the girls had finished their dancing, they went through some stretching exercises. A teenager, Lorelly Henry, was leading the group, and she was pretty, so we sent a few WO0-WOOS her way.
They danced to music as a poem was being read.
I liked dancing, too, but I had to pretend that I didn't like it. No big deal. I was already keeping reading and writing poems a secret; I would just add dancing.
Question 15
With which of the following statements would the narrator of BAD BOY MOST LIKELY agree?
Boys should not be encouraged to play basketball or other sports.
Reading is the most interesting and rewarding activity for boys.
Boys should be allowed to pursue whatever interests them.
Writing poetry and dancing are "girl" activities.
Question 16
Which quotation from BAD BOY MOST CLEARLY supports the answer to Question 15?
There were two categories of friends in my life: those with whom I played ball and everyone else. Athletes were highly respected in the black community, and boys my age were encouraged to play some sport.
With school out and me not having access to Mrs. Conway's cache of books, I rediscovered the George Bruce Brand of the public library on 125th Street. Sometimes on rainy days I would sit in the library and read.
That year I learned that being a boy meant that I was supposed to certain things and act in a certain way. I was very comfortable being a boy, but there were times when the role was uncomfortable.
Then we saw that girls were doing some kind of dance, so we imitated them cracking ourselves up.
Question 17
Which of the following statements is a central idea in the selection from BAD BOY?
If you organize your friends into categories, you might lose them.
People often have sides of themselves that they do not let others see.
Making fun of people in "harmless" ways can have lasting negative effects.
Playing sports can build character, but not when a person is pressured to play.
Question 18
Which quotation from BAD BOY MOST CLEARLY supports the answer to Question 17?
Most of the girls I knew couldn't play ball, and that excluded them from most of what I wanted to do with my life.
I didn't want to fight about books. Books were special and said something about me that I didn't want to reveal.
We often played ball in the church gym, and one rainy day, along with my brother Mickey and some of "my guys", I went to the gym.
A teenager, Lorella Henry, was leading the group, and she was pretty, so we sent a few woo-woos her way.
Question 19
Which quotation directly expresses a central idea about in the selection from BAD BOY?
With school out and me not having access to Mrs. Conway's cache of books, I rediscovered the George Bruce Brand of the public library of 125th Street.
The librarians always suggested books that were too young for me, but I still went on a regular basis.
Away from books I was, at times, almost desperate to fill up the spaces of my life. Books filled those spaces for me.
I began taking a brown paper bag to the library to bring my books home in.
Question 20
One central idea in the selection from BAD BOY is that boys are "supposed to" act in a certain way. Which sentences from the selection BEST suggest this idea?
There wasn't any ice to skate on in Harlem, so I gave up hockey.
Most of the girls I knew couldn't play ball, and that excluded them from most what I anted to do with my life.
... I would sometimes run into older kids who would tease me about my reading. It was, they it clear, not what boys did.
When the girls had finished their dancing, they went through some stretching exercises.
Question 21
What is the meaning of the Latin root -spec-?
to see
to lead
to write
to carry
Question 22
The word INSPECT contains the Latin root -spec_. Which of the following situations MOST CLEARLY illustrates the meaning of INSPECT? Base your answer of your knowledge of -spec-.
Dad guided us into the cornfield maze.
Nick took a salad and biscuits to the picnic.
Gillian made notes to use during her speech.
Sue looked closely at the car before buying it.
Question 23
Which word in the sentence is an adverb? My cousin Jamie eagerly reads every new book in the popular series.
cousin
eagerly
popular
series
Question 24
Which word in this sentence is an adjective? So far, his favorite book is NINE LIVES, the story of a cat named Speedy who travels in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
favorite
Speedy
travels
Europe
Question 25
Which sentence contains an adverb?
If you read a book closely, you can learn a lot about the author.
Colorful language in a story can tell you where the author is from.
Important ideas in the story can tell you what the author values and believes.
Even the way a book looks and feels can give clues about the author's personal style.
Question 26
What kidn of word does the adverb modify in Question 25?
a verb
a noun
an adverb
an adjective
Question 27
What are two categories of friends in young Myers's life? Use the RACE method to answer this question.
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