Short Story Final
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) attracting girls
B) picking grapes
C) traveling
D) learning French
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) math problems
B) Mr. Bueller
C) the food
D) Teresa
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) get out of French class
B) get some laughs
C) impress Teresa
D) impress Mr. Bueller
  • 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) a catechism class one afternoon
B) a history class on the last day of school
C) a junior high on the first day of school
D) near Teresa's locker after school one day
  • 6. In the story, Victor's friend Michael scowls all the time because:
A) doesn't want to be in school that day
B) is disappointed with his class schedule
C) is having an argument with Victor
D) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
  • 7. Victor decides to take French for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) he would like to go to France someday
B) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
C) he already knows Spanish and English
D) has heard the teacher is a good guy
  • 8. What problem does Victor have in French class?
A) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
B) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
C) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
D) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) the boredom of youth
B) finding one's true love
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) that blue suede shoes are not important
B) to be careful who he steals from
C) that stealing can lead to jail
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) an invitation to stay for dinner
B) ten dollars to buy shoes
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) Roger
B) Teresa
C) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
D) Langston Hughes
  • 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) young
B) strong
C) nervous
D) mean
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) learn about his family
B) give him a reward
C) help him
D) punish him
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) needs money to support his family
B) is hungry and has no money for food
C) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
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) come from the same neighborhood
B) have similar boxing styles
C) look alike
D) are very close friends
  • 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) work out with stronger partners
D) end their friendship
  • 19. Antonio and Felix continue to fight after final bell because:
A) each wants the other to give up
B) they are completely absorbed in the fight
C) they are angry with each other
D) only a knockout will satisfy them
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) the way they feel about boxing
B) their style of boxing
C) the way they train
D) their competitiveness
  • 21. Which of the following passages from "Amigo Brothers" is an example of a metaphor?
A) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
B) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
C) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
D) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
  • 22. In the story the source of conflict source both Antonio and Felix is:
A) deciding who has the most fan support
B) finding separate places to train
C) training without each other
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) 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) work with different trainers
C) keep their strategies a secret
D) concentrate on the fight
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) give up boxing
B) have a rematch
C) apologize to each other
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) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
D) a textbook was no place to discuss food
  • 27. In "It's All in How You Say It" the author suggests that white people's civilization brought the Indian peoples;
A) more arts and crafts
B) an improved standard of living
C) an increase in health problems
D) great economic benefit
  • 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 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 grandmother looking back on her family's past
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) ran a rooming house
B) lived alone
C) worked in a defense plant
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) 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) informative
B) creative
C) persuasive
D) narrative
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
B) when Mrs. Jones tells Roger, "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet"
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 Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
B) when Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
C) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
D) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
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