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Maya Angelou - "Getting a Job"
By Heidi Newell
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Question 1
1.
Which line from the story best communicates the majority of the setting?
B “In the offices of the Market Street Railway Company” (413).
Question 2
2.
Provide a quote from the text to support your answer to #1.
Question 3
3.
Why does Maya Angelou
most likely
get the streetcar conductor job?
A She went into the office everyday without fail for three weeks.
B She garnered support from Negro organizations.
C She intimidated the receptionist.
D Her mother supported her in her quest to be the first black streetcar conductor.
Question 4
4.
What is a synonym for
jauntily
in the following passage?
“...my money changer swinging jauntily at my waist, and a cheery smile for the
passengers which would make their own work day brighter” (413).
A suddenly
B rapidly
C heavily
Question 5
5.
Why did you choose the synonym you did for #4? Use the text and your own explanations to support your answer.
A “[T]he thought of sailing up and down the hills of San Francisco in a dark blue
uniform, with a money changer at my belt, caught my fancy” (413).
C “And I was out of the musty room and into the even mustier lobby” (414).
D “I wouldn’t move into the streetcar but stood on the ledge over the
conductor, glaring” (414).
D happily