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Short Story Final
Hauen laguntzarekin: Lofgren
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) traveling
B) attracting girls
C) picking grapes
D) learning French
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) the food
B) Mr. Bueller
C) Teresa
D) math problems
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) impress Teresa
B) get some laughs
C) get out of French class
D) impress Mr. Bueller
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) unfair
B) strict
C) absent minded
D) sympathetic
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) near Teresa's locker after school one day
B) a catechism class one afternoon
C) a junior high on the first day of school
D) a history class on the last day of school
  • 6. In the story, Victor's friend Michael scowls all the time because:
A) is disappointed with his class schedule
B) is having an argument with Victor
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 already knows Spanish and English
B) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
C) he would like to go to France someday
D) has heard the teacher is a good guy
  • 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) finding one's true love
B) the boredom of youth
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) to be careful who he steals from
B) that blue suede shoes are not important
C) to respect and trust other people
D) that stealing can lead to jail
  • 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) an invitation to stay for dinner
C) ten dollars to buy shoes
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) Teresa
B) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
C) Langston Hughes
D) Roger
  • 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) 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) 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) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
B) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
C) is hungry and has no money for food
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) are very close friends
C) have similar boxing styles
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 completely absorbed in the fight
C) each wants the other to give up
D) they are angry with each other
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) the way they feel about boxing
B) their style of boxing
C) their competitiveness
D) the way they train
  • 21. Which of the following passages from "Amigo Brothers" is an example of a metaphor?
A) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
B) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
C) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
D) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
  • 22. In the story the source of conflict source both Antonio and Felix is:
A) finding separate places to train
B) deciding who has the most fan support
C) competing against each other for the title
D) training without each other
  • 23. After the two friends find out they will be fighting each other, they decide to treat each other like:
A) brothers
B) sparring partners
C) strangers
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) work with different trainers
C) concentrate on the fight
D) break off their friendship
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) remain true friends
B) give up boxing
C) apologize to each other
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) 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) 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 her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
C) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
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 grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
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) worked in a defense plant
C) lived alone
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) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
C) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
D) established a wealthy Ojibway society
  • 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) creative
D) persuasive
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
B) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
C) when Mrs. Jones tells Roger, "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet"
D) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
  • 35. An example of a Tough Question would be:
A) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
B) when Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
C) when Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
D) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
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