Short Story Final
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) picking grapes
B) attracting girls
C) traveling
D) learning French
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) the food
B) Mr. Bueller
C) math problems
D) Teresa
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) get some laughs
B) impress Teresa
C) get out of French class
D) impress Mr. Bueller
  • 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 catechism class one afternoon
B) near Teresa's locker after school one day
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) is having an argument with Victor
B) doesn't want to be in school that day
C) is disappointed with his class schedule
D) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
  • 7. Victor decides to take French for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) he already knows Spanish and English
B) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
C) he would like to go to France someday
D) has heard the teacher is a good guy
  • 8. What problem does Victor have in French class?
A) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
B) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
C) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
D) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
  • 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) to be careful who he steals from
C) that blue suede shoes are not important
D) to respect and trust other people
  • 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 kick in the seat of his pants
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) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
B) Roger
C) Langston Hughes
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) steal from her
D) scare her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) nervous
B) strong
C) young
D) mean
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) learn about his family
B) punish him
C) give him a reward
D) help him
  • 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) come from the same neighborhood
C) have similar boxing styles
D) look alike
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) end their friendship
B) work out with stronger partners
C) concentrate on winning
D) don't like the same movies anymore
  • 19. Antonio and Felix continue to fight after final bell because:
A) they are angry with each other
B) they are completely absorbed in the fight
C) only a knockout will satisfy them
D) each wants the other to give up
  • 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) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
B) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
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) training without each other
C) finding separate places to train
D) competing against each other for the title
  • 23. After the two friends find out they will be fighting each other, they decide to treat each other like:
A) brothers
B) sparring partners
C) enemies
D) strangers
  • 24. Felix and Antonio decide to not see each other before the fight because they want to:
A) keep their strategies a secret
B) concentrate on the fight
C) break off their friendship
D) work with different trainers
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) give up boxing
B) apologize to each other
C) have a rematch
D) remain true friends
  • 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) the author had never tasted it
C) a textbook was no place to discuss food
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 is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
B) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
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 convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
B) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
C) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
D) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
  • 30. From whose point of view is "The Forest Cries" written?
A) a fictional woman recounting tales about her life
B) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
C) a young woman describing events as they are happening
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) lived alone
C) ran a rooming house
D) was a teacher
  • 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) caused fighting among the Ojibway
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) informative
B) narrative
C) creative
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 Felix and Antonio meet to fight
C) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
D) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
  • 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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