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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) attracting girls
B) traveling
C) learning French
D) picking grapes
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) Teresa
B) Mr. Bueller
C) the food
D) math problems
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) impress Teresa
B) impress Mr. Bueller
C) get out of French class
D) get some laughs
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) sympathetic
B) unfair
C) strict
D) absent minded
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) a catechism class one afternoon
B) a junior high on the first day of school
C) near Teresa's locker after school one day
D) a history class on the last day of school
  • 6. In the story, Victor's friend Michael scowls all the time because:
A) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
B) is having an argument with Victor
C) is disappointed with his class schedule
D) doesn't want to be in school that day
  • 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) has heard the teacher is a good guy
D) he already knows Spanish and English
  • 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) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
D) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) being yourself
B) finding one's true love
C) the boredom of youth
D) the joy of learning
  • 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 blue suede shoes are not important
B) that stealing can lead to jail
C) to respect and trust other people
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) an invitation to stay for dinner
B) a kick in the seat of his pants
C) ten dollars to buy shoes
D) a chance to get away
  • 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) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
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) help her
B) scare her
C) steal from 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) strong
D) young
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) punish him
B) help him
C) learn about his family
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) needs money to support his family
C) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
D) is hungry and has no money for food
  • 17. In "Amigo Brothers," Antonio and Felix think of themselves as brothers because they:
A) come from the same neighborhood
B) look alike
C) are very close friends
D) have similar boxing styles
  • 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 angry with each other
B) only a knockout will satisfy them
C) each wants the other to give up
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 left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
B) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
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) finding separate places to train
B) training without each other
C) deciding who has the most fan support
D) competing against each other for the title
  • 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) keep their strategies a secret
B) work with different trainers
C) break off their friendship
D) concentrate on the fight
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) have a rematch
B) remain true friends
C) give up boxing
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) the author had never tasted it
C) her Indian culture was being insulted
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) great economic benefit
C) an increase in health problems
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 hates Indian food
C) The author hates her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
D) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
  • 29. For what main purpose has the author written "The Forest Cries"?
A) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
B) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
C) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
D) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
  • 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 fictional woman recounting tales about her life
D) a young woman describing events as they are happening
  • 31. In "The Forest Cries," when the author lived in Minneapolis during World War II, she:
A) was a teacher
B) worked in a defense plant
C) lived alone
D) ran a rooming house
  • 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) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
C) caused fighting among the Ojibway
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) creative
B) informative
C) narrative
D) persuasive
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
B) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
C) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
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 Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
B) when Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
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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