Short Story Final
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) picking grapes
B) learning French
C) traveling
D) attracting girls
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) math problems
B) the food
C) Teresa
D) Mr. Bueller
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) impress Teresa
B) get some laughs
C) impress Mr. Bueller
D) get out of French class
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) absent minded
B) unfair
C) sympathetic
D) strict
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) near Teresa's locker after school one day
B) a catechism class one afternoon
C) a history class on the last day of school
D) a junior high on the first day of school
  • 6. In the story, Victor's friend Michael scowls all the time because:
A) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
B) doesn't want to be in school that day
C) is disappointed with his class schedule
D) is having an argument with Victor
  • 7. Victor decides to take French for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) has heard the teacher is a good guy
B) he already knows Spanish and English
C) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
D) he would like to go to France someday
  • 8. What problem does Victor have in French class?
A) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
B) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
C) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
D) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) being yourself
B) the boredom of youth
C) finding one's true love
D) the joy of learning
  • 10. In the story, "Thank You, M'am," what does Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones want to teach Roger in the short time they are together?
A) to respect and trust other people
B) to be careful who he steals from
C) that stealing can lead to jail
D) that blue suede shoes are not important
  • 11. At the end, what surprise does Roger get from Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones just before he leaves?
A) an invitation to stay for dinner
B) a kick in the seat of his pants
C) ten dollars to buy shoes
D) a chance to get away
  • 12. Who said this? Match the quote with the character who said it. "........because shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet."
A) Langston Hughes
B) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
C) Teresa
D) Roger
  • 13. At the beginning of "Thank You, M'am" Roger runs up behind Mrs. Jones because he wants to:
A) scare her
B) steal from her
C) hurt her
D) help her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) strong
B) mean
C) nervous
D) young
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) help him
B) learn about his family
C) give him a reward
D) punish him
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) is hungry and has no money for food
B) needs money to support his family
C) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
D) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
  • 17. In "Amigo Brothers," Antonio and Felix think of themselves as brothers because they:
A) are very close friends
B) have similar boxing styles
C) look alike
D) come from the same neighborhood
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) don't like the same movies anymore
B) work out with stronger partners
C) concentrate on winning
D) end their friendship
  • 19. Antonio and Felix continue to fight after final bell because:
A) each wants the other to give up
B) only a knockout will satisfy them
C) they are completely absorbed in the fight
D) they are angry with each other
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) the way they train
B) their style of boxing
C) the way they feel about boxing
D) their competitiveness
  • 21. Which of the following passages from "Amigo Brothers" is an example of a metaphor?
A) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
B) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
C) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
D) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
  • 22. In the story the source of conflict source both Antonio and Felix is:
A) finding separate places to train
B) competing against each other for the title
C) deciding who has the most fan support
D) training without each other
  • 23. After the two friends find out they will be fighting each other, they decide to treat each other like:
A) brothers
B) enemies
C) sparring partners
D) strangers
  • 24. Felix and Antonio decide to not see each other before the fight because they want to:
A) keep their strategies a secret
B) work with different trainers
C) concentrate on the fight
D) break off their friendship
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) have a rematch
B) apologize to each other
C) give up boxing
D) remain true friends
  • 26. The author of "It's All in How You Say It" was unhappy to read in a textbook that "sleet-schus" or dried fish, tasted like shoe-leather mainly because she thought:
A) a textbook was no place to discuss food
B) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
C) her Indian culture was being insulted
D) the author had never tasted it
  • 27. In "It's All in How You Say It" the author suggests that white people's civilization brought the Indian peoples;
A) an increase in health problems
B) great economic benefit
C) more arts and crafts
D) an improved standard of living
  • 28. What is the major conflict in "It's All in How You Say It"?
A) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
B) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
C) The author hates her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
D) The author hates Indian food
  • 29. For what main purpose has the author written "The Forest Cries"?
A) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
B) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
C) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
D) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
  • 30. From whose point of view is "The Forest Cries" written?
A) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
B) a young woman describing events as they are happening
C) a fictional woman recounting tales about her life
D) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
  • 31. In "The Forest Cries," when the author lived in Minneapolis during World War II, she:
A) was a teacher
B) ran a rooming house
C) lived alone
D) worked in a defense plant
  • 32. In "The Forest Cries," the author states that Indian migration to urban areas during the war years:
A) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
B) caused fighting among the Ojibway
C) established a wealthy Ojibway society
D) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
  • 33. "The Forest Cries" and "It's All in How You Say It" are examples of what type of writing?
A) informative
B) narrative
C) persuasive
D) creative
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when Mrs. Jones tells Roger, "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet"
B) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
C) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
D) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
  • 35. An example of a Tough Question would be:
A) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
B) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
C) when Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
D) when Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
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