Test your understanding of the story about Oscar de la Torre from the reading book "Everyday Heroes" by Beth Johnson (Townsend Press).
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"with no"
"that has a few"
"filled with many"
Helping people like himself
Working hard like his parents
Living in Santa Monica, California
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False
The Pico Corridor is a beautiful and safe area in Santa Monica, California.
The Pico Corridor is a very poor area with a lot of crime in Santa Monica, California.
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El Salvador
The United States
Mexico
Santa Monica
He met the police officer during a special program at his school.
He met the police officer when his father took him to the police station to register his bicycle.
He met the police officer when the officer gave him a ticket for riding on the handlebars of his friend's bicycle.
The police officer told Oscar that he would "grow up to be another Mexican criminal."
The police officer told Oscar to "be careful the next time you ride a bicycle."
The police officer told Oscar that he was "too young to ride a bicycle."
His parents told him that when he got the ticket for riding on the handlebars of the bicycle.
When he looked around his neighborhood, everything that "white" people had was nice. Since he was "brown," he thought he was bad because "brown" people in his neighborhood didn't have nice things.
"White folks with nice houses and nice cars" told him he was bad.
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Bicycles
Trucks
Car stereos
Crack cocaine
Wallets
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He was scared when he saw his friend's heart beating very quickly.
He didn't have enough money to buy crack cocaine.
He remembered what the police officer told him about becoming a criminal, and he didn't want to be a criminal.
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His parents moved to Texas.
Oscar was arrested and sent to jail.
Oscar saw his 14 year old neighbor die after he was shot.
Oscar became a gang member.
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A's and B's
B's and C's
C's and D's
D's and F's
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To be kicked out of school (told to leave without being able to return)
To be sent to the principal's office for 3 hours
To be temporarily told to stay home (told to leave for 1 or more days but able to return after that time).
Told to move to a different school
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