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Short Story Final
Contribuido por: Lofgren
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) learning French
B) attracting girls
C) picking grapes
D) traveling
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) Teresa
B) math problems
C) the food
D) Mr. Bueller
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) get out of French class
B) impress Mr. Bueller
C) impress Teresa
D) get some laughs
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) absent minded
B) strict
C) unfair
D) sympathetic
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) near Teresa's locker after school one day
B) a junior high on the first day of school
C) a catechism class one afternoon
D) a history class on the last day of school
  • 6. In the story, Victor's friend Michael scowls all the time because:
A) doesn't want to be in school that day
B) is having an argument with Victor
C) is disappointed with his class schedule
D) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
  • 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) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
C) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
D) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) being yourself
B) the joy of learning
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) to be careful who he steals from
B) that blue suede shoes are not important
C) to respect and trust other people
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) a chance to get away
C) an invitation to stay for dinner
D) ten dollars to buy shoes
  • 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) 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) nervous
C) mean
D) young
  • 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) needs money to support his family
B) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
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) come from the same neighborhood
C) have similar boxing styles
D) are very close friends
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) end their friendship
B) concentrate on winning
C) don't like the same movies anymore
D) work out with stronger partners
  • 19. Antonio and Felix continue to fight after final bell because:
A) only a knockout will satisfy them
B) each wants the other to give up
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 feel about boxing
B) the way they train
C) their competitiveness
D) their style of boxing
  • 21. Which of the following passages from "Amigo Brothers" is an example of a metaphor?
A) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
B) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
C) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
D) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
  • 22. In the story the source of conflict source both Antonio and Felix is:
A) training without each other
B) deciding who has the most fan support
C) finding separate places to train
D) competing against each other for the title
  • 23. After the two friends find out they will be fighting each other, they decide to treat each other like:
A) brothers
B) sparring partners
C) enemies
D) strangers
  • 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) her Indian culture was being insulted
B) the author had never tasted it
C) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
D) a textbook was no place to discuss food
  • 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 hates Indian food
B) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
C) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
D) The author hates her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
  • 29. For what main purpose has the author written "The Forest Cries"?
A) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
B) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
C) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
D) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
  • 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) ran a rooming house
C) worked in a defense plant
D) lived alone
  • 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) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
C) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
D) established a wealthy Ojibway society
  • 33. "The Forest Cries" and "It's All in How You Say It" are examples of what type of writing?
A) narrative
B) persuasive
C) creative
D) informative
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
B) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
C) when Mrs. Jones tells Roger, "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet"
D) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
  • 35. An example of a Tough Question would be:
A) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
B) when Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
C) when Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
D) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
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