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1. Which characteristic best describes Branch Rickey?
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He was the first African American coach in the MLB.
He was in charge of the New York Yankees.
He was in charge of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
He was in charge of many college baseball teams.
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2. Which characteristic best describes Charley Thomas?
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He was Jackie Robinson's cousin.
He was the first African American player to integrate the MLB.
He was the first African American player to play for the New York Yankees.
He was the only African American baseball player on Branch Rickey's Ohio Wesleyan team.
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1. Which characteristic best describes Branch Rickey?
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2. Which characteristic best describes Charley Thomas?
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3. Which characteristic best describes Jackie Robinson from "The Noble Experiment"?
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4. Who is Clyde Sukeforth?
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5. What is another characteristic about Charley Thomas?
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6. Which of these is another important characteristic about Branch Rickey?
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7. Which is another significant fact about Jackie Robinson from "The Noble Experiment"?
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8. Who is Rachel?
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9. Analyze what happened when Jackie Robinson recalls Branch Rickey’s memory of Charley Thomas. Describe
what happened at the hotel.
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10. Why does Charley Thomas scratch his hands? What does he say to Branch Rickey? For what purpose does the
author use this example?
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11. Describe how Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett organize the text.
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12. What does retaliation mean?
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13. What is Rickey's noble experiment? Why would his play be considered noble? Cite textual evidence.
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14. What does Jackie Robinson mean when he says of African Americans, "We go through life walking a tightrope to prevent too much disillusionment"?
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15. Based on the stem, "pro," what does prointegration mean? Cite textual evidence. Select the best answer.
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16. What can the reader infer about Jackie Robinson's feelings when Rickey says, "What I don't know is whether you have the guts"? Select the best answer.
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17. According to the authors of "The Noble Experiment," what do they claim Rickey is searching for in a player?
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18. Select the best definition for exhaustive.
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19. Why does Jackie say that he was investigated for his "habits, my reputation, and my character"? Select the best answer.
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20. What figure of speech (figurative language) is “a way of cutting through the red tape”? How do you know?
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25. A retired NFL coach writes his life story from the time he played football as a tiny kid to his retirement. What type of book did he write?
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26. Select the best textual evidence supporting why Rickey’s experiment is called noble. ______
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27. A woman is murdered in the woods from where a man is seen next to his car. The man was arrested for the murder only to prove years later he didn’t kill the woman and he was set free. He wrote about his experience. What type of story is it?
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28. What conclusions did Branch Rickey draw from Jackie being a racial agitator? Select the best answer.
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29. According to Jackie, what is meant by being blamed for an "'accident'"? Select the best answer.
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30. Select the best textual evidence for what Jackie Robinson means when he says he'd be blamed for "'the accident'"?
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31. Select the best word for the blank. When a reporter wrote that Jackie Robinson would not succeed in playing in the MLB because he would feel uncomfortable, Robinson could not ______________________ against him.
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32. What are the three author's purposes for writing?
