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Short Story Final
Contribuido por: Lofgren
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) attracting girls
B) traveling
C) learning French
D) picking grapes
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) Mr. Bueller
B) Teresa
C) math problems
D) the food
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) impress Teresa
B) impress Mr. Bueller
C) get some laughs
D) get out of French class
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) strict
B) sympathetic
C) absent minded
D) unfair
  • 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) is disappointed with his class schedule
B) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
C) is having an argument with Victor
D) doesn't want to be in school that day
  • 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) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
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) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) the joy of learning
B) finding one's true love
C) being yourself
D) the boredom of youth
  • 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 respect and trust other people
B) that blue suede shoes are not important
C) that stealing can lead to jail
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) ten dollars to buy shoes
B) a chance to get away
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) Roger
B) Teresa
C) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
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) help her
D) scare 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) is hungry and has no money for food
B) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
C) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
D) needs money to support his family
  • 17. In "Amigo Brothers," Antonio and Felix think of themselves as brothers because they:
A) look alike
B) have similar boxing styles
C) are very close friends
D) come from the same neighborhood
  • 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) 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) the way they feel about boxing
B) their competitiveness
C) their style of boxing
D) the way they train
  • 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) competing against each other for the title
B) training without each other
C) deciding who has the most fan support
D) finding separate places to train
  • 23. After the two friends find out they will be fighting each other, they decide to treat each other like:
A) sparring partners
B) enemies
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) have a rematch
B) remain true friends
C) apologize to each other
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) a textbook was no place to discuss food
B) her Indian culture was being insulted
C) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
D) the author had never tasted it
  • 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 is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
B) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
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 share family and tribal history with her offspring
B) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
C) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
D) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
  • 30. From whose point of view is "The Forest Cries" written?
A) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
B) a fictional woman recounting tales about her life
C) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
D) a young woman describing events as they are happening
  • 31. In "The Forest Cries," when the author lived in Minneapolis during World War II, she:
A) worked in a defense plant
B) ran a rooming house
C) was a teacher
D) lived alone
  • 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) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
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) persuasive
B) informative
C) creative
D) narrative
  • 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 Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
B) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
C) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
D) when Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
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