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Short Story Final
Kontribusi oleh: Lofgren
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) learning French
B) traveling
C) picking grapes
D) attracting girls
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) Teresa
B) math problems
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) impress Mr. Bueller
D) get some laughs
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) absent minded
B) unfair
C) strict
D) sympathetic
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) near Teresa's locker after school one day
B) a history class on the last day of school
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 having an argument with Victor
B) is disappointed with his class schedule
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) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
C) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
D) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) being yourself
B) the joy of learning
C) the boredom of youth
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) 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) a kick in the seat of his pants
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) 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) steal from her
B) hurt her
C) help her
D) scare 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) 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) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
B) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
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) have similar boxing styles
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) concentrate on winning
B) end their friendship
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 angry with each other
B) only a knockout will satisfy them
C) they are completely absorbed in the fight
D) each wants the other to give up
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) their competitiveness
B) the way they train
C) the way they feel about boxing
D) their style of boxing
  • 21. Which of the following passages from "Amigo Brothers" is an example of a metaphor?
A) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
B) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
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) 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) strangers
B) sparring partners
C) brothers
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) keep their strategies a secret
C) break off their friendship
D) work with different trainers
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) apologize to each other
B) have a rematch
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) a textbook was no place to discuss food
C) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
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 improved standard of living
B) more arts and crafts
C) great economic benefit
D) an increase in health problems
  • 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 her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
C) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
D) The author hates Indian food
  • 29. For what main purpose has the author written "The Forest Cries"?
A) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
B) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
C) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
D) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
  • 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) lived alone
C) was a teacher
D) ran a rooming house
  • 32. In "The Forest Cries," the author states that Indian migration to urban areas during the war years:
A) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
B) established a wealthy Ojibway society
C) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
D) caused fighting 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) creative
C) persuasive
D) narrative
  • 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 Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
B) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
C) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
D) when Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
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