Reading Comprehension Quiz (Brent Staples, “Just Walk On By”)

Reading Comprehension Quiz

Brent Staples, “Just Walk On By”

Read “Just Walk On By” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.

Question 8.41 Why might Staples have started the essay with the sentence he did?

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Question 8.42 Why are people intimidated by Staples?

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Question 8.43 How does Staples diffuse the tension with people he encounters?

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Question 8.44 Staples writes: “I could cross in front of a car stopped at a traffic light and elicit the thunk, thunk, thunk, thunk of the driver — black, white, male, or female — hammering down the door locks” (par. 4). Why might he choose to use the sounds first, rather than just saying that people locked their doors?

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Question 8.45 What type of essay is this?

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Question 8.46 What point might Staples be trying to make in this essay?

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Question 8.47 Staples writes that he is no longer angry when people react poorly to his presence in public. Why?

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Question 8.48 How does Staples suggest that he is a nonviolent person?

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