Sign up for FREE

Newsis

Last updated about 5 years ago

8 questions

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

Question 1

1.

Where does the play take place?

Spain

New York

Los Angeles

England

Question 2

2.

Who are the "newsis" in the play?

kids who sell newspapers

men who own newspaper companies

managers who hand out newspapers

drivers who deliver newspapers

Question 3

3.

Which sentence from the play shows why the newsies went on strike?

“People don’t care when the big news is a cat up a tree.”

“Rose and Boots enter a room packed with newsies.”

“We’ll force the newspaper owners to lower our price back to 50 cents.”

“They throw papers over the side of the bridge.”

Question 4

4.

Who is William Randolph Hearst in the play? Choose TWO answers.

the driver of the wagon

a powerful man

a homeless kid

the owner of the Journal

Question 5

5.

Read this sentence from the play: “Traffic is at a standstill.” What does the word standstill mean in this sentence?

complete stop

sharp turn

all-time high

bridge in the road

Question 6

6.

What does the Epilogue tell about?

why newsies needed jobs

what happened after the strike

how people used to sell papers

life before TV and cell phones

Question 7

7.

Why do you think William Randolph Hearst offers a compromise to the newsies? Use evidence from the story to support your answer.

Question 8

8.

How did the strike change things for the newsies? How did it help change things for other people?