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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) picking grapes
D) learning French
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) Teresa
B) the food
C) math problems
D) Mr. Bueller
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) get some laughs
B) impress Teresa
C) get out of French class
D) impress Mr. Bueller
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) strict
B) absent minded
C) sympathetic
D) unfair
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) a catechism class one afternoon
B) a history class on the last day of school
C) a junior high on the first day of school
D) near Teresa's locker after school one day
  • 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) 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) has heard the teacher is a good guy
B) he already knows Spanish and English
C) he would like to go to France someday
D) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
  • 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) the boredom of youth
B) finding one's true love
C) the joy of learning
D) being yourself
  • 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 be careful who he steals from
B) that stealing can lead to jail
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) an invitation to stay for dinner
B) ten dollars to buy shoes
C) a kick in the seat of his pants
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) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
B) Roger
C) Teresa
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) help her
D) steal from her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) strong
B) young
C) mean
D) nervous
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) learn about his family
B) give him a reward
C) help him
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) have similar boxing styles
B) are very close friends
C) come from the same neighborhood
D) look alike
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) end their friendship
B) work out with stronger partners
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) only a knockout will satisfy them
C) they are angry with each other
D) they are completely absorbed in the fight
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) their competitiveness
B) the way they feel about boxing
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) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
B) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
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) competing against each other for the title
B) deciding who has the most fan support
C) finding separate places to train
D) training without each other
  • 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) enemies
D) strangers
  • 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) give up boxing
B) remain true friends
C) apologize to each other
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 textbook should have been written by an American Indian
B) the author had never tasted it
C) a textbook was no place to discuss food
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 increase in health problems
B) more arts and crafts
C) an improved standard of living
D) great economic benefit
  • 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 Indian food
C) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
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 protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
B) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
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 fictional woman recounting tales about her life
B) a young woman describing events as they are happening
C) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
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) established a wealthy Ojibway society
B) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
C) caused fighting among the Ojibway
D) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
  • 33. "The Forest Cries" and "It's All in How You Say It" are examples of what type of writing?
A) narrative
B) creative
C) informative
D) persuasive
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when Mrs. Jones tells Roger, "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet"
B) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
C) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
D) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
  • 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 Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
D) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
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