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Short Story Final
Συνεισφορά από: Lofgren
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) picking grapes
B) attracting girls
C) learning French
D) traveling
  • 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 out of French class
B) impress Mr. Bueller
C) impress Teresa
D) get some laughs
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) unfair
B) absent minded
C) sympathetic
D) strict
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) a junior high on the first day of school
B) a catechism class one afternoon
C) a history class on the last 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 having an argument with Victor
C) is disappointed with his class schedule
D) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
  • 7. Victor decides to take French for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) has heard the teacher is a good guy
B) he would like to go to France someday
C) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
D) he already knows Spanish and English
  • 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) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
D) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
  • 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) to be careful who he steals from
B) that stealing can lead to jail
C) that blue suede shoes are not important
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 chance to get away
D) a kick in the seat of his pants
  • 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) Langston Hughes
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) help her
B) scare her
C) steal from her
D) hurt 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) help him
B) learn about his family
C) punish him
D) give him a reward
  • 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) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
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) come from the same neighborhood
C) look alike
D) are very close friends
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) don't like the same movies anymore
B) work out with stronger partners
C) end their friendship
D) concentrate on winning
  • 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) 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 train
B) their competitiveness
C) their style of boxing
D) the way they feel about boxing
  • 21. Which of the following passages from "Amigo Brothers" is an example of a metaphor?
A) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
B) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
C) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
D) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
  • 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) training without each other
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) 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) keep their strategies a secret
B) work with different trainers
C) break off their friendship
D) concentrate on the fight
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) apologize to each other
B) give up boxing
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) her Indian culture was being insulted
B) the author had never tasted it
C) a textbook was no place to discuss food
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) an increase in health problems
B) more arts and crafts
C) great economic benefit
D) an improved standard of living
  • 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 help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
C) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
D) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
  • 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) worked in a defense plant
B) lived alone
C) was a teacher
D) ran a rooming house
  • 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) caused fighting among the Ojibway
C) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
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) persuasive
B) informative
C) creative
D) narrative
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
B) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
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 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 Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
D) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
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