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Upfront Quiz - 1/17/19
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Question 1
1.
"Will Ginger Get to Stay?"
Why did Ginger decide to leave Honduras?
A) She wanted to make sure her mother was safe in the US
B) She thought the journey to the US border would be easy
C) She was afraid the police would take her back to her kidnappers
Question 2
2.
"Will Ginger Get to Stay?"
Which of the following definitions relates to "asylum seeker?"
A) someone who applies to come to the US from abroad
B) someone who moves to the US temporarily because of a job transfer
C) someone who is carefully vetted before arriving in the US
Question 3
3.
"Will Ginger Get to Stay?"
What is Ginger's situation at the end of the article?
A) She has just received asylum
B) She will soon be deported back to Honduras
C) She is trying to find a lawyer to handle her case
Question 4
4.
"How Plastic is Trashing the Planet"
About what percent of plastic produced is meant to be used just once and then thrown away?
A) 5%
B) 10%
C) 25%
D) 40%
Question 5
5.
"How Plastic is Trashing the Planet"
About how much plastic ends up in our oceans each year?
A) 150 tons
B) 3,000 tons
C) 700,000 tons
D) 9 million tons
Question 6
6.
"How Plastic is Trashing the Planet"
According to the article, what happens to plastic in the ocean?
A) It quickly dissolves into a liquid
B) It melds with other plastic items
C) It breaks down into tiny pieces over time
Question 7
7.
"The Teens Who Fought for Free Speech"
What did the Supreme Court's ruling on Tinker vs. Des Moines clarify?
A) the process for appealing a lower court's ruling
B) the ways in which social media can be used on school grounds
C) the forms of speech people can legally engage in when protesting
Question 8
8.
"The Teens Who Fought for Free Speech"
Because of the Tinker ruling, what can public schools NOT do?
A) Limit any form of speech by students
B) Take certain actions to prevent students from filing lawsuits against them
C) Discipline students more harshly for breaking school rules if their actions have a political nature
D) She knew that the US asylum laws were going to become stricter
D) someone who arrives at the US border and applies for protection
D) She is waiting for the government to rule on her asylum application
D) It maintains the form it had when it entered the ocean
D) the extent of public school students' right to freedom of speech
D) None of the above are correct