Short Story Final
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) picking grapes
B) traveling
C) attracting girls
D) learning French
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) the food
B) Teresa
C) math problems
D) Mr. Bueller
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) get some laughs
B) impress Mr. Bueller
C) get out of French class
D) impress Teresa
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) sympathetic
B) strict
C) unfair
D) absent minded
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) a junior high on the first day of school
B) a history class on the last day of school
C) a catechism class one afternoon
D) near Teresa's locker after school one day
  • 6. In the story, Victor's friend Michael scowls all the time because:
A) is disappointed with his class schedule
B) is having an argument with Victor
C) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
D) doesn't want to be in school that day
  • 7. Victor decides to take French for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
B) he would like to go to France someday
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) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
B) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
C) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
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) the joy of learning
D) being yourself
  • 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) to respect and trust other people
D) that stealing can lead to jail
  • 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) a chance to get away
C) ten dollars to buy shoes
D) an invitation to stay for dinner
  • 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) Langston Hughes
C) Teresa
D) Roger
  • 13. At the beginning of "Thank You, M'am" Roger runs up behind Mrs. Jones because he wants to:
A) steal from her
B) hurt her
C) scare her
D) help her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) young
B) mean
C) nervous
D) strong
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) punish him
B) give him a reward
C) help him
D) learn about his family
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) needs money to support his family
B) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
C) is hungry and has no money for food
D) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
  • 17. In "Amigo Brothers," Antonio and Felix think of themselves as brothers because they:
A) come from the same neighborhood
B) look alike
C) are very close friends
D) have similar boxing styles
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) concentrate on winning
B) work out with stronger partners
C) end their friendship
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) each wants the other to give up
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) their competitiveness
B) the way they feel about boxing
C) the way they train
D) their style of 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) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
C) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
D) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
  • 22. In the story the source of conflict source both Antonio and Felix is:
A) training without each other
B) competing against each other for the title
C) finding separate places to train
D) deciding who has the most fan support
  • 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) brothers
D) enemies
  • 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) work with different trainers
D) break off their friendship
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) give up boxing
B) apologize to each other
C) remain true friends
D) have a rematch
  • 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) a textbook was no place to discuss food
B) the author had never tasted it
C) her Indian culture was being insulted
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) great economic benefit
B) more arts and crafts
C) an increase in health problems
D) an improved standard of living
  • 28. What is the major conflict in "It's All in How You Say It"?
A) The author hates her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
B) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
C) The author hates Indian food
D) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
  • 29. For what main purpose has the author written "The Forest Cries"?
A) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
B) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
C) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
D) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
  • 30. From whose point of view is "The Forest Cries" written?
A) a young woman describing events as they are happening
B) a fictional woman recounting tales about her life
C) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
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) was a teacher
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) caused fighting among the Ojibway
B) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
C) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
D) established a wealthy Ojibway society
  • 33. "The Forest Cries" and "It's All in How You Say It" are examples of what type of writing?
A) persuasive
B) narrative
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 Felix and Antonio meet to fight
C) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
D) when Mrs. Jones tells Roger, "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet"
  • 35. An example of a Tough Question would be:
A) when Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
B) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
C) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
D) when Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
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