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  • 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) Teresa
B) Mr. Bueller
C) math problems
D) the food
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) get some laughs
B) get out of French class
C) impress Teresa
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 junior high on the first day of school
B) a history class on the last 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 having an argument with Victor
B) is disappointed with his class schedule
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) 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) 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) to be careful who he steals from
B) that blue suede shoes are not important
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) 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) Langston Hughes
B) Roger
C) Teresa
D) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
  • 13. At the beginning of "Thank You, M'am" Roger runs up behind Mrs. Jones because he wants to:
A) hurt her
B) steal from her
C) scare her
D) help her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) mean
B) nervous
C) strong
D) young
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) learn about his family
B) punish him
C) help him
D) give him a reward
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
B) is hungry and has no money for food
C) needs money to support his family
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) have similar boxing styles
B) are very close friends
C) look alike
D) come from the same neighborhood
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) concentrate on winning
B) end their friendship
C) don't like the same movies anymore
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) their style of boxing
B) their competitiveness
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 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) training without each other
B) finding separate places to train
C) deciding who has the most fan support
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) work with different trainers
B) keep their strategies a secret
C) break off their friendship
D) concentrate on the fight
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) give up boxing
B) remain true friends
C) have a rematch
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) a textbook was no place to discuss food
C) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
D) her Indian culture was being insulted
  • 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 wants to tear up her textbooks
B) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
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 protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
B) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
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 grandmother looking back on her family's past
B) a young woman describing events as they are happening
C) a fictional woman recounting tales about her life
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) worked in a defense plant
B) was a teacher
C) ran a rooming house
D) lived alone
  • 32. In "The Forest Cries," the author states that Indian migration to urban areas during the war years:
A) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
B) established a wealthy Ojibway society
C) caused fighting among the Ojibway
D) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
  • 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) informative
D) creative
  • 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 Mrs. Jones tells Roger, "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet"
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 Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
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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