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Short Story Final
נתרם על ידי: Lofgren
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) picking grapes
B) attracting girls
C) traveling
D) learning French
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) Teresa
B) math problems
C) Mr. Bueller
D) the food
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) impress Mr. Bueller
B) get some laughs
C) impress Teresa
D) get out of French class
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) absent minded
B) unfair
C) sympathetic
D) strict
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) a history class on the last day of school
B) a junior high on the first day of school
C) near Teresa's locker after school one day
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) 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) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
B) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
C) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
D) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) the boredom of youth
B) being yourself
C) the joy of learning
D) finding one's true love
  • 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) to be careful who he steals from
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) 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) Teresa
B) Langston Hughes
C) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
D) Roger
  • 13. At the beginning of "Thank You, M'am" Roger runs up behind Mrs. Jones because he wants to:
A) help her
B) steal from her
C) scare her
D) hurt her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) nervous
B) mean
C) young
D) strong
  • 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) is hungry and has no money for food
C) needs money to support his family
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) have similar boxing styles
B) come from the same neighborhood
C) are very close friends
D) look alike
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) don't like the same movies anymore
B) end their friendship
C) concentrate on winning
D) work out with stronger partners
  • 19. Antonio and Felix continue to fight after final bell because:
A) each wants the other to give up
B) they are completely absorbed in the fight
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) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
B) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
C) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
D) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
  • 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) brothers
C) strangers
D) enemies
  • 24. Felix and Antonio decide to not see each other before the fight because they want to:
A) work with different trainers
B) concentrate on the fight
C) keep their strategies a secret
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) her Indian culture was being insulted
B) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
C) the author had never tasted it
D) a textbook was no place to discuss food
  • 27. In "It's All in How You Say It" the author suggests that white people's civilization brought the Indian peoples;
A) great economic benefit
B) more arts and crafts
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 Indian food
C) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
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 help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
C) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
D) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
  • 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 young woman describing events as they are happening
D) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
  • 31. In "The Forest Cries," when the author lived in Minneapolis during World War II, she:
A) lived alone
B) worked in a defense plant
C) ran a rooming house
D) was a teacher
  • 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) established a wealthy Ojibway society
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) informative
B) narrative
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 Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
D) when Mrs. Jones tells Roger, "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet"
  • 35. An example of a Tough Question would be:
A) when Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
B) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
C) when Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
D) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
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