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Short Story Final
Hauen laguntzarekin: Lofgren
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) picking grapes
B) traveling
C) learning French
D) attracting girls
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) the food
B) math problems
C) Teresa
D) Mr. Bueller
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) get some laughs
B) impress Mr. Bueller
C) get out of French class
D) impress Teresa
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) sympathetic
B) strict
C) absent minded
D) unfair
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) a history class on the last day of school
B) a catechism class one afternoon
C) near Teresa's locker after school one day
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) 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 already knows Spanish and English
C) has heard the teacher is a good guy
D) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
  • 8. What problem does Victor have in French class?
A) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
B) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
C) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
D) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) the boredom of youth
B) being yourself
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) that stealing can lead to jail
B) that blue suede shoes are not important
C) to respect and trust other people
D) to be careful who he steals from
  • 11. At the end, what surprise does Roger get from Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones just before he leaves?
A) ten dollars to buy shoes
B) an invitation to stay for dinner
C) a chance to get away
D) a kick in the seat of his pants
  • 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) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
B) Teresa
C) Langston Hughes
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) hurt her
C) help her
D) steal from her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) mean
B) nervous
C) strong
D) young
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) help him
B) give him a reward
C) learn about his family
D) punish him
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
B) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
C) is hungry and has no money for food
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) are very close friends
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) concentrate on winning
C) end their friendship
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) they are completely absorbed in the fight
C) each wants the other to give up
D) they are angry with each other
  • 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) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
B) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
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) 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) enemies
B) brothers
C) sparring partners
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) keep their strategies a secret
C) work with different trainers
D) break off their friendship
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) apologize to each other
B) remain true friends
C) give up boxing
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) her Indian culture was being insulted
B) a textbook was no place to discuss food
C) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
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) an increase in health problems
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 hates Indian food
B) The author hates her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
C) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
D) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
  • 29. For what main purpose has the author written "The Forest Cries"?
A) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
B) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
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 fictional woman recounting tales about her life
B) a young woman describing events as they are happening
C) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
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) ran a rooming house
B) worked in a defense plant
C) was a teacher
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) helped create a brotherhood 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) creative
B) narrative
C) informative
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 Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
C) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
D) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
  • 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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