Short Story Final
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) attracting girls
B) learning French
C) traveling
D) picking grapes
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) the food
B) math problems
C) Mr. Bueller
D) Teresa
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) get out of French class
B) impress Mr. Bueller
C) impress Teresa
D) get some laughs
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) strict
B) sympathetic
C) unfair
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) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
B) is having an argument with Victor
C) doesn't want to be in school that day
D) is disappointed with his class schedule
  • 7. Victor decides to take French for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) he already knows Spanish and English
B) has heard the teacher is a good guy
C) he would like to go to France someday
D) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
  • 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) the boredom of youth
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 stealing can lead to jail
B) to respect and trust other people
C) that blue suede shoes are not important
D) to be careful who he steals from
  • 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) Langston Hughes
C) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
D) Teresa
  • 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) nervous
C) strong
D) mean
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) punish him
B) help him
C) give him a reward
D) learn about his family
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) needs money to support his family
B) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
C) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
D) is hungry and has no money for food
  • 17. In "Amigo Brothers," Antonio and Felix think of themselves as brothers because they:
A) have similar boxing styles
B) are very close friends
C) come from the same neighborhood
D) look alike
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) work out with stronger partners
B) concentrate on winning
C) don't like the same movies anymore
D) end their friendship
  • 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) only a knockout will satisfy them
D) they are angry with each other
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) the way they feel about boxing
B) their competitiveness
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) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
B) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
C) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
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) 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) enemies
B) sparring partners
C) brothers
D) strangers
  • 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) give up boxing
B) remain true friends
C) apologize to each other
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) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
B) the author had never tasted it
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) an increase in health problems
B) an improved standard of living
C) more arts and crafts
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 is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
C) The author hates her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
D) The author hates Indian food
  • 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 grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
B) a young woman describing events as they are happening
C) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
D) a fictional woman recounting tales about her life
  • 31. In "The Forest Cries," when the author lived in Minneapolis during World War II, she:
A) lived alone
B) was a teacher
C) worked in a defense plant
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) 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) informative
B) creative
C) persuasive
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 the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
B) when Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
C) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
D) when Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
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