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Short Story Final
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  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) picking grapes
B) traveling
C) attracting girls
D) learning French
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) Mr. Bueller
B) the food
C) Teresa
D) math problems
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) impress Mr. Bueller
B) get out of French class
C) impress Teresa
D) get some laughs
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) sympathetic
B) absent minded
C) unfair
D) strict
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) a history class on the last day of school
B) a junior high on the first day of school
C) a catechism class one afternoon
D) near Teresa's locker after school one day
  • 6. In the story, Victor's friend Michael scowls all the time because:
A) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
B) is disappointed with his class schedule
C) is having an argument with Victor
D) doesn't want to be in school that day
  • 7. Victor decides to take French for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) he would like to go to France someday
B) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
C) has heard the teacher is a good guy
D) he already knows Spanish and English
  • 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 gets angry when Victor forgets his book
D) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) finding one's true love
B) the joy of learning
C) the boredom of youth
D) being yourself
  • 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 be careful who he steals from
B) to respect and trust other people
C) that blue suede shoes are not important
D) that stealing can lead to jail
  • 11. At the end, what surprise does Roger get from Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones just before he leaves?
A) a kick in the seat of his pants
B) an invitation to stay for dinner
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) Teresa
B) Langston Hughes
C) Roger
D) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
  • 13. At the beginning of "Thank You, M'am" Roger runs up behind Mrs. Jones because he wants to:
A) hurt her
B) help her
C) steal from her
D) scare her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) young
B) strong
C) nervous
D) mean
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) punish him
B) help him
C) give him a reward
D) learn about his family
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
B) needs money to support his family
C) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
D) is hungry and has no money for food
  • 17. In "Amigo Brothers," Antonio and Felix think of themselves as brothers because they:
A) look alike
B) are very close friends
C) come from the same neighborhood
D) have similar boxing styles
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) work out with stronger partners
B) end their friendship
C) don't like the same movies anymore
D) concentrate on winning
  • 19. Antonio and Felix continue to fight after final bell because:
A) they are completely absorbed in the fight
B) each wants the other to give up
C) only a knockout will satisfy them
D) they are angry with each other
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) their competitiveness
B) the way they train
C) their style of boxing
D) the way they feel about boxing
  • 21. Which of the following passages from "Amigo Brothers" is an example of a metaphor?
A) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
B) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
C) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
D) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
  • 22. In the story the source of conflict source both Antonio and Felix is:
A) finding separate places to train
B) training without each other
C) competing against each other for the title
D) deciding who has the most fan support
  • 23. After the two friends find out they will be fighting each other, they decide to treat each other like:
A) sparring partners
B) enemies
C) brothers
D) strangers
  • 24. Felix and Antonio decide to not see each other before the fight because they want to:
A) break off their friendship
B) concentrate on the fight
C) work with different trainers
D) keep their strategies a secret
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) give up boxing
B) apologize to each other
C) remain true friends
D) have a rematch
  • 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) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
B) her Indian culture was being insulted
C) a textbook was no place to discuss food
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) great economic benefit
B) more arts and crafts
C) an increase in health problems
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 convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
B) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
C) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
D) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
  • 30. From whose point of view is "The Forest Cries" written?
A) a young woman describing events as they are happening
B) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
C) a fictional woman recounting tales about her life
D) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
  • 31. In "The Forest Cries," when the author lived in Minneapolis during World War II, she:
A) was a teacher
B) lived alone
C) worked in a defense plant
D) ran a rooming house
  • 32. In "The Forest Cries," the author states that Indian migration to urban areas during the war years:
A) caused fighting among the Ojibway
B) established a wealthy Ojibway society
C) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
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) creative
B) persuasive
C) informative
D) narrative
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
B) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
C) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
D) when Mrs. Jones tells Roger, "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet"
  • 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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