Short Story Final
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) traveling
B) attracting girls
C) learning French
D) picking grapes
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) Mr. Bueller
B) the food
C) math problems
D) Teresa
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) impress Mr. Bueller
B) impress Teresa
C) get some laughs
D) get out of French class
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) absent minded
B) strict
C) unfair
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 disappointed with his class schedule
B) doesn't want to be in school that day
C) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
D) is having an argument with Victor
  • 7. Victor decides to take French for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) he would like to go to France someday
B) has heard the teacher is a good guy
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) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
B) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
C) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
D) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) the boredom of youth
B) finding one's true love
C) being yourself
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) that stealing can lead to jail
B) to be careful who he steals from
C) to respect and trust other people
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 kick in the seat of his pants
B) a chance to get away
C) ten dollars to buy shoes
D) an invitation to stay for dinner
  • 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) Roger
C) Teresa
D) Langston Hughes
  • 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) nervous
B) strong
C) young
D) mean
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) give him a reward
B) learn about his family
C) punish him
D) help him
  • 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) is hungry and has no money for food
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) come from the same neighborhood
B) have similar boxing styles
C) are very close friends
D) look alike
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) end their friendship
B) concentrate on winning
C) work out with stronger partners
D) don't like the same movies anymore
  • 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) the way they train
C) their style of boxing
D) their competitiveness
  • 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) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
C) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
D) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
  • 22. In the story the source of conflict source both Antonio and Felix is:
A) competing against each other for the title
B) deciding who has the most fan support
C) training without each other
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) brothers
C) strangers
D) enemies
  • 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) apologize to each other
B) have a rematch
C) remain true friends
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) the author had never tasted it
C) her Indian culture was being insulted
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) great economic benefit
C) more arts and crafts
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 hates Indian food
C) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
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 protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
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 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) was a teacher
B) lived alone
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) narrative
B) informative
C) persuasive
D) creative
  • 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 the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
C) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
D) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
  • 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 the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
D) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
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