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Short Story Final
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  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) traveling
B) picking grapes
C) attracting girls
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 Teresa
B) get out of French class
C) get some laughs
D) impress Mr. Bueller
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) strict
B) unfair
C) absent minded
D) sympathetic
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) a history class on the last day of school
B) near Teresa's locker after school one day
C) a junior high on the first day of school
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) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
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) has heard the teacher is a good guy
B) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
C) he would like to go to France someday
D) he already knows Spanish and English
  • 8. What problem does Victor have in French class?
A) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
B) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
C) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
D) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) the boredom of youth
B) the joy of learning
C) being yourself
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) to be careful who he steals from
B) to respect and trust other people
C) that stealing can lead to jail
D) that blue suede shoes are not important
  • 11. At the end, what surprise does Roger get from Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones just before he leaves?
A) a chance to get away
B) ten dollars to buy shoes
C) an invitation to stay for dinner
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) 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) 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) nervous
B) young
C) mean
D) strong
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) give him a reward
B) help him
C) learn about his family
D) punish him
  • 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) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
D) needs money to support his family
  • 17. In "Amigo Brothers," Antonio and Felix think of themselves as brothers because they:
A) are very close friends
B) look alike
C) come from the same neighborhood
D) have similar boxing styles
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) end their friendship
B) don't like the same movies anymore
C) concentrate on winning
D) work out with stronger partners
  • 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) 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 style of boxing
B) the way they train
C) their competitiveness
D) the way they feel about 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) 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) brothers
B) strangers
C) sparring partners
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) break off their friendship
D) work with different trainers
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) apologize to each other
B) remain true friends
C) have a rematch
D) give up boxing
  • 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) great economic benefit
C) an improved standard of living
D) an increase in health problems
  • 28. What is the major conflict in "It's All in How You Say It"?
A) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
B) The author hates Indian food
C) The author hates her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
D) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
  • 29. For what main purpose has the author written "The Forest Cries"?
A) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
B) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
C) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
D) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
  • 30. From whose point of view is "The Forest Cries" written?
A) a young woman describing events as they are happening
B) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
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) ran a rooming house
C) was a teacher
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) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
B) established a wealthy Ojibway society
C) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
D) caused fighting among the Ojibway
  • 33. "The Forest Cries" and "It's All in How You Say It" are examples of what type of writing?
A) creative
B) informative
C) persuasive
D) narrative
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when Mrs. Jones tells Roger, "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet"
B) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
C) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
D) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
  • 35. An example of a Tough Question would be:
A) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
B) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
C) when Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
D) when Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
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