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Short Story Final
נתרם על ידי: 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) Mr. Bueller
B) Teresa
C) math problems
D) the food
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) get some laughs
B) get out of French class
C) impress Teresa
D) impress Mr. Bueller
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) absent minded
B) sympathetic
C) unfair
D) strict
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) near Teresa's locker after school one day
B) a history class on the last day of school
C) a catechism class one afternoon
D) a junior high on the first day of school
  • 6. In the story, Victor's friend Michael scowls all the time because:
A) is having an argument with Victor
B) is disappointed with his class schedule
C) doesn't want to be in school that day
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 wants to be in the same class as Teresa
C) he would like to go to France someday
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 makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
C) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
D) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) finding one's true love
B) the joy of learning
C) being yourself
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 respect and trust other people
B) to be careful who he steals from
C) that stealing can lead to jail
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) ten dollars to buy shoes
D) a chance to get away
  • 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) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
C) Roger
D) Teresa
  • 13. At the beginning of "Thank You, M'am" Roger runs up behind Mrs. Jones because he wants to:
A) hurt her
B) help her
C) scare her
D) steal from her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) nervous
B) mean
C) young
D) strong
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) learn about his family
B) punish him
C) help him
D) give him a reward
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
B) needs money to support his family
C) is hungry and has no money for food
D) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
  • 17. In "Amigo Brothers," Antonio and Felix think of themselves as brothers because they:
A) look alike
B) are very close friends
C) have similar boxing styles
D) come from the same neighborhood
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) concentrate on winning
B) don't like the same movies anymore
C) end their friendship
D) work out with stronger partners
  • 19. Antonio and Felix continue to fight after final bell because:
A) each wants the other to give up
B) only a knockout will satisfy them
C) they are angry with each other
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 train
C) their style of boxing
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) training without each other
B) deciding who has the most fan support
C) competing against each other for the title
D) finding separate places to train
  • 23. After the two friends find out they will be fighting each other, they decide to treat each other like:
A) strangers
B) sparring partners
C) enemies
D) brothers
  • 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) work with different trainers
D) keep their strategies a secret
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) remain true friends
B) apologize to each other
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) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
B) a textbook was no place to discuss food
C) the author had never tasted it
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) great economic benefit
D) more arts and crafts
  • 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 is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
C) The author hates Indian food
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 convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
D) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
  • 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 young woman describing events as they are happening
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) worked in a defense plant
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) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
B) caused fighting among the Ojibway
C) established a wealthy Ojibway society
D) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
  • 33. "The Forest Cries" and "It's All in How You Say It" are examples of what type of writing?
A) persuasive
B) informative
C) creative
D) narrative
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
B) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
C) when Mrs. Jones tells Roger, "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet"
D) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
  • 35. An example of a Tough Question would be:
A) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
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 the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
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