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Short Story Final
Contribué par: Lofgren
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) learning French
B) traveling
C) attracting girls
D) picking grapes
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) math problems
B) Teresa
C) the food
D) Mr. Bueller
  • 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) absent minded
B) strict
C) sympathetic
D) unfair
  • 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) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
C) is disappointed with his class schedule
D) is having an argument with Victor
  • 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) 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 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) that stealing can lead to jail
B) to respect and trust other people
C) that blue suede shoes are not important
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) 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) Roger
B) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
C) Langston Hughes
D) Teresa
  • 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) strong
B) mean
C) young
D) nervous
  • 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) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
B) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
C) needs money to support his family
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) look alike
C) come from the same neighborhood
D) are very close friends
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) work out with stronger partners
B) don't like the same movies anymore
C) end their friendship
D) concentrate on winning
  • 19. Antonio and Felix continue to fight after final bell because:
A) they are completely absorbed in the fight
B) they are angry with each other
C) only a knockout will satisfy them
D) each wants the other to give up
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) the way they train
B) the way they feel about boxing
C) their competitiveness
D) their style of 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) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
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) training without each other
B) competing against each other for the title
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) brothers
B) strangers
C) enemies
D) sparring partners
  • 24. Felix and Antonio decide to not see each other before the fight because they want to:
A) concentrate on the fight
B) keep their strategies a secret
C) work with different trainers
D) break off their friendship
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) have a rematch
B) apologize to each other
C) give up boxing
D) remain true friends
  • 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) a textbook was no place to discuss food
D) her Indian culture was being insulted
  • 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) an improved standard of living
D) great economic benefit
  • 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 convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
B) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
C) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
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 grandmother looking back on her family's past
C) a young woman describing events as they are happening
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) worked in a defense plant
B) was a teacher
C) ran a rooming house
D) lived alone
  • 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) caused fighting 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) informative
B) persuasive
C) narrative
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 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 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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