Name: ____________________
Date: __________
Core: __________
Week 1: We Beat the Street
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
Chapter One
1. What is the setting (time AND place) of this novel.
2. Describe Newark and the projects in TWO COMPLETE SENTENCES.
3. Evaluate: Could Sampson’s accident have been prevented?
Explain why or why not in TWO COMPLETE SENTENCES.
4. Infer: What do you learn about Sampson based on his reactions
from his experience at the hospital?
5. Why does the chapter end with the word, “Almost?” What does the
author foreshadow with this word?
Name: ____________________
Date: __________
Core: __________
Week 1: We Beat the Street
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
Chapter Two
1. Infer: Why do you suppose Rameck gets into trouble all of the time? Write
your answer in TWO COMPLETE SENTENCES.
2. Evaluate how well the principal at Rameck’s school understands him.
What feelings does she bring out in Rameck?
3. Analyze how the fight with Meatball was actually beneficial to Rameck. In
other words, how did the fight work out in Rameck’s favor? Explain in TWO
COMPLETE SENTENCES.
4. Why is the school considering Special Education for Rameck, even though
he used to be in a Gifted and Talented class?
5. Describe Rameck’s family, based on details from Chapter Two. Compare
and contrast his family to your own. Write a FULL PARAGRAPH (3-5
sentences) and make sure to INDENT.
Name: ____________________
Date: __________
Core: __________
Week 1: We Beat the Street
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
Chapter Three
1. Contrast George to his brother Garland.
2. What positive message does George’s third-grade teacher convey to her
students? In other words, what does she say that encourages her students
to be better people?
3. In the t-chart below, list ways in which Miss Johnson is special and different
from normal teachers.
Miss Johnson
“Normal” Teachers
4. Based on what she says and how she acts, illustrate Miss Johnson in the
space below.
Name: ____________________
Date: __________
Core: __________
Week 1: We Beat the Street
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
Chapter Four
1. Assess: Does Sampson do the right thing by giving up the bat? Explain
your answer in TWO OR MORE COMPLETE SENTENCES.
2. Do you think it is strange that the boys didn’t call an ambulance for the
man who was hurt? Why did they just walk away?
3. What lesson do the boys learn from watching “The Bomb” hurt the man?
4. Why didn’t Jack call the police on the boys? Do you think they learned
their lesson? Why or why not?
5. What theme do the dogs in Chapter Four help reinforce? In other words,
what lesson can you learn from the dogs?
Name: ____________________
Date: __________
Core: __________
Week 1: We Beat the Street
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
Chapter Five
1. What does Rameck say he likes best about acting? What does this tell you
about his personality? Explain in TWO OR MORE COMPLETE SENTENCES.
2. Evaluate: Did Ma make the right decision by giving Rameck the money?
Explain in TWO COMPLETE SENTENCES.
3. What do you suppose actually happened to the money?
4. Much of Chapter Five centers around the difficult financial (having to do
with money) decisions Rameck’s family must make. Identify and discuss
ONE of these difficult decisions. Write a FULL PARAGRAPH (3-5 sentences)
and be sure to INDENT.