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Short Story Final
Contribué par: Lofgren
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) attracting girls
B) traveling
C) learning French
D) picking grapes
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) Mr. Bueller
B) the food
C) Teresa
D) math problems
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) impress Teresa
B) impress Mr. Bueller
C) get some laughs
D) get out of French class
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) strict
B) unfair
C) sympathetic
D) absent minded
  • 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 history class on the last day of school
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) has heard the teacher is a good guy
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) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
B) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
C) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
D) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) finding one's true love
B) the boredom of youth
C) being yourself
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) to be careful who he steals from
B) that stealing can lead to jail
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 kick in the seat of his pants
B) an invitation to stay for dinner
C) a chance to get away
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) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
D) Roger
  • 13. At the beginning of "Thank You, M'am" Roger runs up behind Mrs. Jones because he wants to:
A) help her
B) steal from her
C) scare her
D) hurt 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) punish him
B) help him
C) learn about his family
D) give him a reward
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
B) needs money to support his family
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) are very close friends
B) have similar boxing styles
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) end their friendship
B) concentrate on winning
C) work out with stronger partners
D) don't like the same movies anymore
  • 19. Antonio and Felix continue to fight after final bell because:
A) they are completely absorbed in the fight
B) they are angry with each other
C) each wants the other to give up
D) only a knockout will satisfy them
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) the way they train
B) their style of boxing
C) their competitiveness
D) the way they feel about boxing
  • 21. Which of the following passages from "Amigo Brothers" is an example of a metaphor?
A) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
B) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
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) enemies
B) strangers
C) brothers
D) sparring partners
  • 24. Felix and Antonio decide to not see each other before the fight because they want to:
A) break off their friendship
B) concentrate on the fight
C) keep their strategies a secret
D) work with different trainers
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) apologize to each other
B) remain true friends
C) have a rematch
D) give up boxing
  • 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 author had never tasted it
D) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
  • 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 wants to tear up her textbooks
B) The author hates Indian food
C) The author hates her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
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 protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
B) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
C) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
D) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
  • 30. From whose point of view is "The Forest Cries" written?
A) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
B) a young woman describing events as they are happening
C) a fictional woman recounting tales about her life
D) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
  • 31. In "The Forest Cries," when the author lived in Minneapolis during World War II, she:
A) worked in a defense plant
B) ran a rooming house
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) established a wealthy Ojibway society
B) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
C) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
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) narrative
B) persuasive
C) informative
D) creative
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
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 Felix and Antonio meet to fight
  • 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 the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
C) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
D) when Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
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