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Fill-In Questions Page 1 of 7 Date ___________________ Name _____________________________ Teammates Key 1 - Answer ID # 0249140 Fill-In Questions 1. What caused an audible gasp from the Cincinnati crowd? 2. Which baseball players made more money? 3. Why were people afraid to challenge the way black people were treated? 4. Where did the black baseball players sleep when they were on the road? 5. Why didn't Pee Wee Reese sign the petition? file://C:\Documents and Settings\e200501431\Desktop\rr11\teammates mixed review.htm 1/7/2011 Page 2 of 7 Date ___________________ Name _____________________________ Teammates Key 1 - Answer ID # 0249140 6. Why do you think that people threatened Jackie Robinson? Review 7. How did Pee Wee Reese hold his head when he 8. Which player did the Brooklyn Dodgers recruit walked over to Jackie at his shortstop position? from the Negro League? He looked at the ground. Ross Davis He looked to the sky. Jackie Robinson He held his head high. Willard Brown 9. What kind of baseball players did Branch 10. Which organization threatened Jackie Rickey want on his team? Robinson? He wanted baseball players that he could Negro League control. Ku Klux Klan He wanted only white baseball players. Major League Baseball He wanted the best baseball players he could find. 11. Which position did Jackie Robinson play 12. What number was on Jackie Robinson's when Pee Wee walked up to him on the field? jersey? Shortstop Sixty-four Pitcher Forty-two Left-field Seventy-two file://C:\Documents and Settings\e200501431\Desktop\rr11\teammates mixed review.htm 1/7/2011 Page 3 of 7 Date ___________________ Name _____________________________ Teammates Key 1 - Answer ID # 0249140 13. Who was the manager of the Brooklyn 14. Which baseball league no longer exists? Dodgers when this story took place? Negro League Branch Rickey Major Baseball League Larry MacPhail Golden Baseball League Joe DiMaggio 15. Which team were the Brooklyn Dodgers 16. Where was Pee Wee Reese's hometown? playing when Pee Wee Reese decided to take Louisville a stand? New York City New York Yankees Cincinnati Boston Red Sox Cincinnati Reds file://C:\Documents and Settings\e200501431\Desktop\rr11\teammates mixed review.htm 1/7/2011 Page 4 of 7 Date ___________________ Name _____________________________ Teammates (Key 1 - Answer ID # 0249140) Word Chop Each word has been split into two parts. Put the word parts together and write each word below. Use each word part only once. Word List seri hom oppone ut segrega nge challe tition preju eq dugo dice po etown roes tion pe te respo ssess nts es he le compe nded ual agues 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. file://C:\Documents and Settings\e200501431\Desktop\rr11\teammates mixed review.htm 1/7/2011 Page 5 of 7 Teammates Key 1 - Answer ID # 0249140 Fill-In Questions 1. What caused an audible gasp from the Cincinnati crowd? The Cincinnati crowd gasped when Pee Wee put his arm around Jackie. 2. Which baseball players made more money? White baseball players made more money. 3. Why were people afraid to challenge the way black people were treated? Many people were afraid it would be dangerous to object to the way black people were treated. 4. Where did the black baseball players sleep when they were on the road? They slept in their cars. 5. Why didn't Pee Wee Reese sign the petition? He didn't sign the petition because he thought Jackie could help the team win. 6. Why do you think that people threatened Jackie Robinson? Review 7. How did Pee Wee Reese hold his head when he 8. Which player did the Brooklyn Dodgers recruit walked over to Jackie at his shortstop position? from the Negro League? He looked at the ground. Ross Davis He looked to the sky. Jackie Robinson He held his head high. Willard Brown file://C:\Documents and Settings\e200501431\Desktop\rr11\teammates mixed review.htm 1/7/2011 Page 6 of 7 Teammates Key 1 - Answer ID # 0249140 9. What kind of baseball players did Branch 10. Which organization threatened Jackie Rickey want on his team? Robinson? He wanted baseball players that he could Negro League control. Ku Klux Klan He wanted only white baseball players. Major League Baseball He wanted the best baseball players he could find. 11. Which position did Jackie Robinson play 12. What number was on Jackie Robinson's when Pee Wee walked up to him on the field? jersey? Shortstop Sixty-four Pitcher Forty-two Left-field Seventy-two 13. Who was the manager of the Brooklyn 14. Which baseball league no longer exists? Dodgers when this story took place? Negro League Branch Rickey Major Baseball League Larry MacPhail Golden Baseball League Joe DiMaggio 15. Which team were the Brooklyn Dodgers 16. Where was Pee Wee Reese's hometown? playing when Pee Wee Reese decided to take Louisville a stand? New York City New York Yankees Cincinnati Boston Red Sox Cincinnati Reds file://C:\Documents and Settings\e200501431\Desktop\rr11\teammates mixed review.htm 1/7/2011 Page 7 of 7 Teammates Key 1 - Answer ID # 0249140 1. compete (compe te) 2. petition (pe tition) 3. opponents (oppone nts) 4. series (seri es) 5. prejudice (preju dice) 6. responded (respo nded) 7. challenge (challe nge) 8. hometown (hom 9. dugout (dugo ut) etown) 10. heroes (he roes) 11. equal (eq ual) 12. leagues (le agues) file://C:\Documents and Settings\e200501431\Desktop\rr11\teammates mixed review.htm 1/7/2011.
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