Bad Boy Text Questions PDF

Name: Date: from Bad Boy Walter Dean Myers DIRECTIONS: Respond to these questions. Use textual evidence to support your responses. 1. (a) Distinguish How was Myers’s relationship with other boys his age different...

Name: Date: from Bad Boy Walter Dean Myers DIRECTIONS: Respond to these questions. Use textual evidence to support your responses. 1. (a) Distinguish How was Myers’s relationship with other boys his age different from his relationship with girls his age? (b) Analyze Why was Myers not friendly with any of the girls? 2. Make Inferences At the end of the selection, what can you tell about Myers’s personality from his remark, “No big deal... I would just add dancing.”? 3. (a) Interpret What did books symbolize to Myers? (b) Support How did Myers manage to keep his reading a secret from other children? (c) Make a Judgment Do you think this secrecy was necessary? Explain. © by Savvas Learning Company LLC. All Rights Reserved. 1  4. (a) How did the older boys make it clear to Myers that reading was “not what boys did”? (b) Draw Conclusions Why did Myers feel uncomfortable being a boy at times? © by Savvas Learning Company LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2