Short Story Final
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) attracting girls
B) traveling
C) picking grapes
D) learning French
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) the food
B) Teresa
C) math problems
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) strict
B) absent minded
C) sympathetic
D) unfair
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) a history class on the last day of school
B) near Teresa's locker after school one day
C) a junior high on the first day of school
D) a catechism class one afternoon
  • 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) doesn't want to be in school that day
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 wants to be in the same class as Teresa
C) he already knows Spanish and English
D) he would like to go to France someday
  • 8. What problem does Victor have in French class?
A) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
B) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
C) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
D) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) the joy of learning
B) being yourself
C) finding one's true love
D) the boredom of youth
  • 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) that stealing can lead to jail
B) that blue suede shoes are not important
C) to be careful who he steals from
D) to respect and trust other people
  • 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) ten dollars to buy shoes
C) a chance to get away
D) an invitation to stay for dinner
  • 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) Roger
C) Teresa
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) steal from her
C) help 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) mean
D) nervous
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) give him a reward
B) punish him
C) help him
D) learn about his family
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
B) is hungry and has no money for food
C) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
D) needs money to support his family
  • 17. In "Amigo Brothers," Antonio and Felix think of themselves as brothers because they:
A) have similar boxing styles
B) look alike
C) are very close friends
D) come from the same neighborhood
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) end their friendship
B) work out with stronger partners
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) only a knockout will satisfy them
C) they are angry with each other
D) each wants the other to give up
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) their competitiveness
B) their style of boxing
C) the way they feel about boxing
D) the way they train
  • 21. Which of the following passages from "Amigo Brothers" is an example of a metaphor?
A) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
B) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
C) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
D) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
  • 22. In the story the source of conflict source both Antonio and Felix is:
A) deciding who has the most fan support
B) competing against each other for the title
C) finding separate places to train
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) strangers
B) sparring partners
C) enemies
D) brothers
  • 24. Felix and Antonio decide to not see each other before the fight because they want to:
A) concentrate on the fight
B) break off their friendship
C) keep their strategies a secret
D) work with different trainers
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) remain true friends
B) have a rematch
C) give up boxing
D) apologize to each other
  • 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 author had never tasted it
B) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
C) a textbook was no place to discuss food
D) her Indian culture was being insulted
  • 27. In "It's All in How You Say It" the author suggests that white people's civilization brought the Indian peoples;
A) an improved standard of living
B) more arts and crafts
C) great economic benefit
D) an increase in health problems
  • 28. What is the major conflict in "It's All in How You Say It"?
A) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
B) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
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 share family and tribal history with her offspring
C) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
D) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
  • 30. From whose point of view is "The Forest Cries" written?
A) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
B) a young woman describing events as they are happening
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) ran a rooming house
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) established a wealthy Ojibway society
B) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
C) caused fighting among the Ojibway
D) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
  • 33. "The Forest Cries" and "It's All in How You Say It" are examples of what type of writing?
A) creative
B) informative
C) narrative
D) persuasive
  • 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 Felix and Antonio meet to fight
C) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
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 Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
C) when Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
D) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
Examen creado con That Quiz — donde se practican las matemáticas.