Upfront Quiz: 10/4/19

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"My Mother is an Addict"
According to the article, what do authorities say spurred the current opioid crisis?

A) stress

B) peer pressure

C) tough drug laws

D) prescription opioids

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"My Mother is an Addict"
According to the article, what do many towns severely damaged by opioids have in common?

A) They are near a river

B) They are economically depressed

C) They were founded more than a century ago

D) They are home to opioid manufacturing companies

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"My Mother is an Addict"
According to the article, when opioid addicts can no longer get prescriptions for opioids, they often _________________________________.

A) see a therapist

B) stop using drugs

C) start using illegal drugs such as heroin

D) sue opioid manufacturers

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"Defying the Odds in Afghanistan"
How is the Rustam School different from most Afghan schools?

A) It has a principal

B) It offers classes in math

C) It goes through high school

D) It mixes boys and girls in its classrooms

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"Defying the Odds in Afghanistan"
Why do fewer boys than girls go to the Rustam School?

A) The community has more girls

B) The local tradition is to educate only girls

C) The boys are needed at home to do farm work

D) The school accepts only a small number of boys

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"Showdown at the Wall"
Which two US presidents traveled to West Berlin to make speeches condemning the Berlin Wall?

A) Harry S. Truman and Gerald R. Ford

B) Dwight D. Eisenhower and Jimmy Carter

C) John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan

D) Lyndon B. Johnson and George H.W. Bush

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"Showdown at the Wall"
Why did Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev introduce free-market and political reforms in the Soviet Union?

A) to try to save the distressed Soviet economy

B) to raise funds to build nuclear sites in Cuba

C) to help push the Soviet Union into disbanding (breaking apart)

D) to convince West Germany to join the Eastern Bloc

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"Showdown at the Wall"
What was one effect of the reforms Gorbachev introduced in the Soviet Union?

A) Communist leaders in East Germany put up the Berlin Wall

B) Thousands of East Germans migrated to the Soviet Union for jobs

C) The US, Great Britain, and France took over the western three-quarters of Germany

D) People in Eastern Bloc countries felt motivated to rise up against Soviet control

Upfront Quiz: 10/4/19

"My Mother is an Addict" According to the article, what do authorities say spurred the current opioid crisis?

"My Mother is an Addict"According to the article, what do many towns severely damaged by opioids have in common?

"My Mother is an Addict"According to the article, when opioid addicts can no longer get prescriptions for opioids, they often _________________________________.

"Defying the Odds in Afghanistan" How is the Rustam School different from most Afghan schools?

"Defying the Odds in Afghanistan"Why do fewer boys than girls go to the Rustam School?

"Showdown at the Wall" Which two US presidents traveled to West Berlin to make speeches condemning the Berlin Wall?

"Showdown at the Wall"Why did Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev introduce free-market and political reforms in the Soviet Union?

"Showdown at the Wall"What was one effect of the reforms Gorbachev introduced in the Soviet Union?

"My Mother is an Addict" According to the article, what do authorities say spurred the current opioid crisis?

"My Mother is an Addict"According to the article, what do many towns severely damaged by opioids have in common?

"My Mother is an Addict"According to the article, when opioid addicts can no longer get prescriptions for opioids, they often _________________________________.

"Defying the Odds in Afghanistan" How is the Rustam School different from most Afghan schools?

"Defying the Odds in Afghanistan"Why do fewer boys than girls go to the Rustam School?

"Showdown at the Wall" Which two US presidents traveled to West Berlin to make speeches condemning the Berlin Wall?

"Showdown at the Wall"Why did Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev introduce free-market and political reforms in the Soviet Union?

"Showdown at the Wall"What was one effect of the reforms Gorbachev introduced in the Soviet Union?

"My Mother is an Addict"
According to the article, what do authorities say spurred the current opioid crisis?

"My Mother is an Addict"
According to the article, what do many towns severely damaged by opioids have in common?

"My Mother is an Addict"
According to the article, when opioid addicts can no longer get prescriptions for opioids, they often _________________________________.

"Defying the Odds in Afghanistan"
How is the Rustam School different from most Afghan schools?

"Defying the Odds in Afghanistan"
Why do fewer boys than girls go to the Rustam School?

"Showdown at the Wall"
Which two US presidents traveled to West Berlin to make speeches condemning the Berlin Wall?

"Showdown at the Wall"
Why did Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev introduce free-market and political reforms in the Soviet Union?

"Showdown at the Wall"
What was one effect of the reforms Gorbachev introduced in the Soviet Union?

"My Mother is an Addict"
According to the article, what do authorities say spurred the current opioid crisis?

"My Mother is an Addict"
According to the article, what do many towns severely damaged by opioids have in common?

"My Mother is an Addict"
According to the article, when opioid addicts can no longer get prescriptions for opioids, they often _________________________________.

"Defying the Odds in Afghanistan"
How is the Rustam School different from most Afghan schools?

"Defying the Odds in Afghanistan"
Why do fewer boys than girls go to the Rustam School?

"Showdown at the Wall"
Which two US presidents traveled to West Berlin to make speeches condemning the Berlin Wall?

"Showdown at the Wall"
Why did Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev introduce free-market and political reforms in the Soviet Union?

"Showdown at the Wall"
What was one effect of the reforms Gorbachev introduced in the Soviet Union?