My Brother MartinA Sister Remembers Growing Up with the

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

By Christine King FarrisIllustrated by Chris Soentpiet

Is the following an opinion from the selection?

The King children’s father was an important minister.YES

What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?To describe the childhood of a famous person.

Which of the following is a main idea from the selection?The King children grew up

when laws kept black and white people apart.

How were the King children and their friends alike?They did not care about the

color of people’s skin.

What effect did losing their friends have on the King children?They began to understand the problems that blacks faced.

M.L. promised his mother that one day he would “turn the world upside down” because he did not…Like the way he was treated.

Is the following a fact?The children played with two white boys.YES.

Why did M.L.’s father refuse to buy shoes at one particular store?The salesman would only serve blacks at the back of the store.

Which of the following events came last in the selection?M.L. gave numerous speeches.

How were M.L. and his father alike?They spoke out against hatred and bigotry.

OHow does that last picture show the changes that M.L. made in the world?The last picture shows the

changes that M.L. made by showing children of different colors being friends with each other.

OWhat was the dream that M.L. had?The dream that M.L. had was

that black and white people would live together as equals.

OWhat did the author mean when she said that stories her parents told “were as nourishing as the food that was set before us”??What the author met was

that the stories helped the children’s minds grow.