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Study Guide: A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Directions: You will have a vocabulary quiz and comprehension test Friday, May 25, 2012. Use this study guide to review the
story we have read this week in class. The study guide is due on Friday. Beside each answer, identify the page number where
you found your answer. You will be allowed to use your book during the comprehension test only. Please have your parent sign
your study guide before you turn it in.
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1. What is the main idea of this selection? Page # ____
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2. What does Dr. King’s Nobel Peace Prize show? Page #___
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3. What caused the bus boycott in Montgomery? Page#___
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4. Why was Rosa Parks arrested? Page#___
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5. Write down an opinion from the selection. Page#___
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6. What makes a protest peaceful? Page #___
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7. How was Martin Luther King Jr. like his father? Page #___
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8. What did Martin’s mother tell him about slavery? Page#___
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9. Why do people consider Dr. King a hero? Page#___
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Define the following vocabulary words on a piece of notebook paper:
demanding
fair
laws
graduated
arrested
prejudice
content
section
Story Map-Study Guide
A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Genre: Biography (a story of a real person’s life written by another person)
Comprehension Skill: Asking Questions
Focus Questions- Can one person affect the lives of many people? Who are
some historical figures that have helped to shape the lives of Americans?
Vocabulary Words:
Demanding – asking for forcefully
Fair – not favoring one more than another
Law – a rule made by a government
Graduate – to finish school
Arrest – to hold by authority of the law
Prejudice – unfair treatment of a group of people
Content – what is in something
Section – a part