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Newsis
By Amy Hamrick
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Question 7
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Why do you think William Randolph Hearst offers a compromise to the newsies? Use evidence from the story to support your answer.
Question 8
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How did the strike change things for the newsies? How did it help change things for other people?
Where does the play take place?
Spain
New York
Los Angeles
England
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
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.”
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
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
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