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Short Story Final
Con il contributo di: Lofgren
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) traveling
B) learning French
C) picking grapes
D) attracting girls
  • 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) get out of French class
D) impress Teresa
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) unfair
B) strict
C) sympathetic
D) absent minded
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) a catechism class one afternoon
B) near Teresa's locker after school one day
C) a history class on the last day of school
D) a junior high on the first day of school
  • 6. In the story, Victor's friend Michael scowls all the time because:
A) is having an argument with Victor
B) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
C) doesn't want to be in school that day
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 already knows Spanish and English
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) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
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) the joy of learning
C) being yourself
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) to respect and trust other people
B) to be careful who he steals from
C) that stealing can lead to jail
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) ten dollars to buy shoes
B) a kick in the seat of his pants
C) a chance to get away
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) Roger
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) help her
B) hurt her
C) scare her
D) steal from her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) nervous
B) strong
C) mean
D) young
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) help him
B) give him a reward
C) learn about his family
D) punish 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) 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) look alike
B) come from the same neighborhood
C) have similar boxing styles
D) are very close friends
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) end their friendship
B) don't like the same movies anymore
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) only a knockout will satisfy them
C) they are completely absorbed in the fight
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 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) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
B) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
C) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
D) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
  • 22. In the story the source of conflict source both Antonio and Felix is:
A) deciding who has the most fan support
B) training without each other
C) competing against each other for the title
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) strangers
C) brothers
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) concentrate on the fight
C) work with different trainers
D) break off their friendship
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) apologize to each other
B) remain true friends
C) give up boxing
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) the author had never tasted it
B) her Indian culture was being insulted
C) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
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) an improved standard of living
B) an increase in health problems
C) great economic benefit
D) more arts and crafts
  • 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 wants to tear up her textbooks
C) The author hates Indian food
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 protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
C) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
D) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
  • 30. From whose point of view is "The Forest Cries" written?
A) a young woman describing events as they are happening
B) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
C) a fictional woman recounting tales about her life
D) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
  • 31. In "The Forest Cries," when the author lived in Minneapolis during World War II, she:
A) ran a rooming house
B) worked in a defense plant
C) lived alone
D) was a teacher
  • 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) persuasive
C) creative
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 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 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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