Short Story Final
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) learning French
B) attracting girls
C) picking grapes
D) traveling
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) Mr. Bueller
B) Teresa
C) the food
D) math problems
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) get some laughs
B) impress Mr. Bueller
C) get out of French class
D) impress Teresa
  • 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 junior high on the first day of school
B) near Teresa's locker after school one day
C) a catechism class one afternoon
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 having an argument with Victor
B) doesn't want to be in school that day
C) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
D) is disappointed with his class schedule
  • 7. Victor decides to take French for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
B) he would like to go to France someday
C) he already knows Spanish and English
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) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
C) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
D) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) finding one's true love
B) being yourself
C) the joy of learning
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 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 chance to get away
B) a kick in the seat of his pants
C) an invitation to stay for dinner
D) ten dollars to buy shoes
  • 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) hurt her
B) scare her
C) steal from her
D) help 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) help him
C) punish him
D) give him a reward
  • 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) 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) end their friendship
C) don't like the same movies anymore
D) concentrate on winning
  • 19. Antonio and Felix continue to fight after final bell because:
A) each wants the other to give up
B) they are angry with each other
C) only a knockout will satisfy them
D) they are completely absorbed in the fight
  • 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) the way they train
D) their competitiveness
  • 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) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
C) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
D) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
  • 22. In the story the source of conflict source both Antonio and Felix is:
A) finding separate places to train
B) training without each other
C) competing against each other for the title
D) deciding who has the most fan support
  • 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) concentrate on the fight
B) break off their friendship
C) work with different trainers
D) keep their strategies a secret
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) remain true friends
B) give up boxing
C) have a rematch
D) apologize to each other
  • 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 textbook should have been written by an American Indian
B) a textbook was no place to discuss food
C) her Indian culture was being insulted
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 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 hates Indian food
B) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
C) The author hates her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
D) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
  • 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 grandmother looking back on her family's past
B) a young woman describing events as they are happening
C) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
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) 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) caused fighting among the Ojibway
C) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
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) persuasive
B) informative
C) narrative
D) creative
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
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 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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