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Short Story Final
Beigesteuert von: Lofgren
  • 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) Teresa
B) the food
C) Mr. Bueller
D) math problems
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) impress Mr. Bueller
B) impress Teresa
C) get some laughs
D) get out of French class
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) unfair
B) sympathetic
C) absent minded
D) strict
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) a history class on the last day of school
B) a junior high on the first day of school
C) near Teresa's locker after school one day
D) a catechism class one afternoon
  • 6. In the story, Victor's friend Michael scowls all the time because:
A) is disappointed with his class schedule
B) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
C) doesn't want to be in school that day
D) is having an argument with Victor
  • 7. Victor decides to take French for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) he would like to go to France someday
B) he already knows Spanish and English
C) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
D) has heard the teacher is a good guy
  • 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 won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
D) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) being yourself
B) the boredom of youth
C) the joy of learning
D) finding one's true love
  • 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 respect and trust other people
C) to be careful who he steals from
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) ten dollars to buy shoes
B) a chance to get away
C) a kick in the seat of his pants
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) Teresa
C) Roger
D) Langston Hughes
  • 13. At the beginning of "Thank You, M'am" Roger runs up behind Mrs. Jones because he wants to:
A) scare her
B) hurt her
C) steal from her
D) help her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) strong
B) nervous
C) young
D) mean
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) give him a reward
B) punish him
C) learn about his family
D) help him
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
B) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
C) is hungry and has no money for food
D) needs money to support his family
  • 17. In "Amigo Brothers," Antonio and Felix think of themselves as brothers because they:
A) have similar boxing styles
B) come from the same neighborhood
C) are very close friends
D) look alike
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) don't like the same movies anymore
B) concentrate on winning
C) end their friendship
D) work out with stronger partners
  • 19. Antonio and Felix continue to fight after final bell because:
A) only a knockout will satisfy them
B) they are angry with each other
C) each wants the other to give up
D) they are completely absorbed in the fight
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) the way they feel about boxing
B) the way they train
C) their competitiveness
D) their style of boxing
  • 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) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
C) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
D) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
  • 22. In the story the source of conflict source both Antonio and Felix is:
A) finding separate places to train
B) competing against each other for the title
C) deciding who has the most fan support
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) work with different trainers
B) concentrate on the fight
C) break off their friendship
D) keep their strategies a secret
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) give up boxing
B) have a rematch
C) remain true friends
D) apologize to each other
  • 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 author had never tasted it
B) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
C) her Indian culture was being insulted
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 increase in health problems
C) an improved standard of living
D) great economic benefit
  • 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 her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
C) The author hates Indian food
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 share family and tribal history with her offspring
B) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
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 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) ran a rooming house
B) was a teacher
C) lived alone
D) worked in a defense plant
  • 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) 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) narrative
B) persuasive
C) creative
D) informative
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
B) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
C) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
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 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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