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) math problems
B) Teresa
C) the food
D) Mr. Bueller
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) impress Mr. Bueller
B) impress Teresa
C) get out of French class
D) get some laughs
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) strict
B) absent minded
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 catechism class one afternoon
C) a junior high on the first day of school
D) a history class on the last 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 would like to go to France someday
C) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
D) he already knows Spanish and English
  • 8. What problem does Victor have in French class?
A) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
B) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
C) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
D) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
  • 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) to be careful who he steals from
C) to respect and trust other people
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) a chance to get away
B) a kick in the seat of his pants
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) Langston Hughes
B) Teresa
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) steal from her
B) hurt her
C) help her
D) scare her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) mean
B) strong
C) young
D) nervous
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) learn about his family
B) give him a reward
C) punish him
D) help him
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) is hungry and has no money for food
B) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
C) needs money to support his family
D) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
  • 17. In "Amigo Brothers," Antonio and Felix think of themselves as brothers because they:
A) are very close friends
B) look alike
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) concentrate on winning
D) don't like the same movies anymore
  • 19. Antonio and Felix continue to fight after final bell because:
A) only a knockout will satisfy them
B) they are angry with each other
C) each wants the other to give up
D) they are completely absorbed in the fight
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) their competitiveness
B) the way they feel about boxing
C) their style of 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) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
C) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
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) competing against each other for the title
B) finding separate places to train
C) training without each other
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) enemies
B) strangers
C) sparring partners
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) work with different trainers
D) keep their strategies a secret
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) have a rematch
B) give up boxing
C) remain true friends
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 textbook should have been written by an American Indian
B) the author had never tasted it
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 increase in health problems
B) an improved standard of living
C) more arts and crafts
D) great economic benefit
  • 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 hates her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
C) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
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 share family and tribal history with her offspring
C) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
D) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
  • 30. From whose point of view is "The Forest Cries" written?
A) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
B) a fictional woman recounting tales about her life
C) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
D) a young woman describing events as they are happening
  • 31. In "The Forest Cries," when the author lived in Minneapolis during World War II, she:
A) worked in a defense plant
B) was a teacher
C) lived alone
D) ran a rooming house
  • 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) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
C) established a wealthy Ojibway society
D) caused fighting 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 the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
B) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
C) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
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 Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
B) when Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
C) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
D) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
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