Short Story Quiz
  • 1. In Trouble: After the incident with Columbia and Olaf, Paulsen realizes that ...
A) dogs are better than people
B) some dogs have a complex set of humanlike emotions
C) dogs cannot be trusted because they are wild creatures
D) dogs will attack each other if not separated by fences
  • 2. In Trouble: What does Paulsen mean at the end of the story when he says "And the dogs could teach me"?
A) Animals show us how to avoid getting hurt
B) Animals can teach people how to be better human beings
C) Paulsen's dogs are smarter than he is
D) Animals can teach people how to find food
  • 3. In Trouble: Paulsen most likely opens the story with a description of the cold ...
A) to get it out of the way early on
B) to indicate the cold will play a major role in the plot
C) because he feels most comfortable in the extreme cold
D) to show that winter can be as beautiful as spring
  • 4. Raymond's Run: Squeaky dislikes Cynthia Proctor most because Cynthia ...
A) refuses to take part in the May Day races
B) pretends that her accomplishments do not require any effort
C) knows how to play the piano very well
D) constantly wins first prizein class spelling bees
  • 5. Raymond's Run: After seeing Raymond run, Squeaky decides to ...
A) give Raymond her ribbons and medals
B) encourage Raymond to keep running
C) encourage Raymond to enter the spelling bee
D) persuade Raymond to stop running
  • 6. Ryamond's Run: Which of the following statements is the best example of external conflict?
A) Squeaky challenges people who make fun of Raymond
B) Squeaky wins many awards, but Raymond has nothing
C) During the big race, Raymond runs outside the fence
D) Squeaky worries that she won't win the race
  • 7. The Circuit: Tha narrator's main conflict is between his desire to ...
A) leave his family and the family's need of his work
B) leave Mexico and his desire to stay in California
C) play the trumpet and his lack of musical ability
D) stay in one place and his family's need to move
  • 8. The Circuit: Based on the details in the essay, you can infer that Panchito ...
A) feels pity for the sharecropper who hires his father
B) wants to be a farmer when he grows up
C) does not enjoy moving from place to place
D) enjoys moving with his family during harvest
  • 9. The Circuit: The title of this literary essay refers to ...
A) the family's travels as migrant workers
B) going around and around in a circle
C) an electrical connection
D) a mystical connection among family members
  • 10. The Wise Old Woman: According to the young lord's new decree, all individuals who reach the age of 71 must ...
A) be left in the mountains to die alone
B) be taken to the palace to work as slaves
C) serve Lord Higa to save the village
D) be shipped to a different country to live
  • 11. The Wise Old Woman: At the end of the story the young lord had decided that the old people of the village ...
A) "...will be treated with the respect and honor they deserve."
B) "...will be allowed to live out their years quietly."
C) "...will be taken care of in a village for other old people."
D) "...will be sent to America."
  • 12. The Wise Old Woman: Lord Higa required the villagers to solve all of the following challenges except ...
A) make a rope of ash
B) make a drum sound without beating it
C) make all the old people disappear
D) make a silk thread weave through several holes
  • 13. The Cay: Which of the following conclusions or inferences can you reasonably make about Phillip's character?
A) He feels sorry for himself
B) He is fun-loving and lazy
C) He lacks self-confidence
D) He is brave and intelligent
  • 14. The Cay: What details tell you that the setting of this story is a tropical island?
A) warm sun
B) birds
C) a wooden crate
D) palm trees and coconuts
  • 15. The Cay: Being blind and alone on a small island is scary enough for Phillip, but what detail adds horror to the mood?
A) a signal fire
B) Timothy's knife
C) attacking birds
D) Stew cat
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