Question

direction: read the text and choose a suitable word from the word - bank to complete each sentence. please complete on a clean sheet of paper.
word bank: primitive, humane, abysmal, momentous, foreclosures, passive, wavered, posthumous, segregated, boycott

1. cesar chavez was given a ______ medal of freedom award by bill clinton in 1994.
2. chavez demanded ______ working conditions and fair wages for farmworkers.
3. the bank ______ forced the family to leave their farm.
4. the farm workers were often under paid, hungry, and live in ______ condition.
5. in 1995, a landmark legislation was passed guaranteeing farm workers’ rights to have a union, voting rights and bargaining with their employee, but later these rights were declined.

6 - 7. even when chavez was faced with actual violence and threat, he never ____ from his commitment to ____ resistance.

1. farm workers live in overcrowded ______ housing with no electricity and running water.
2. chavez modeled nonviolent methods of strikes and ______.
3. cesar chavez joined the u.s. navy and serves for two years in a ______ unit.
4. in what year did chavez meet and married his wife helen fabela ______.

Explanation:

1. "posthumous" means after death, and Cesar Chavez received the award after his death.
2. "humane" refers to being kind and showing concern for others, which fits the context of fair working conditions.
3. "foreclosures" means the bank taking back property due to non - payment, which can force a family off the farm.
4. "abysmal" means extremely bad, which describes poor living conditions.
5. "momentous" means very important, which suits the description of landmark legislation.

6 - 7. "wavered" means to become unsteady in purpose or resolve, and "passive" resistance is a non - violent form of protest.

1. "primitive" means basic and unsophisticated, which describes the housing.
2. "boycott" is a non - violent form of protest, like strikes.
3. "segregated" means separated by race or other factors, which could describe a unit in the Navy at that time.
4. This question requires historical research and is not answered from the word bank.

Answer:

1. posthumous
2. humane
3. foreclosures
4. abysmal
5. momentous
6. wavered
7. passive
8. primitive
9. boycott
10. segregated
11. (No answer from word bank)