82 pages 2 hours read

Jason Reynolds

When I Was the Greatest

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

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Multiple Choice

1. What are Noodles’s hobbies?

A) Cooking and eating unfamiliar recipes

B) Reading and drawing comic books

C) Watching and practicing boxing

D) Cutting and grooming hair

2. How did the boys get the black yarn for Needles?

A) Noodles stole it, but Ali paid anyway.

B) Ali stole it, but Noodles paid anyway.

C) They both stole it.

D) They split the cost of it.

3. Who is Malloy to Ali?

A) A coach

B) A neighbor

C) A father figure

D) All of the above

4. In which of the following actions by Noodles does Ali NOT bail him out?

A) When he is shoplifting yarn

B) When he is picking a fight with Black

C) When he is flirting with Tasha

D) When he is letting Noodles get beat up

5. What theme is best represented by the following quote from Tasha: “[T]his ain’t y’all block! Our neighbors don’t play around here! It’s quiet, and they like it that way!” (Chapter 9)?

A) The Complexities of Defining “Family”

B) The Effects of Inequality on the African American Experience

C) Fear of Embarrassment

D) None of the above

6. How does Ali’s father “take care of” the situation with the young men from the party?

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