Short Story Final
  • 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) the food
B) Mr. Bueller
C) math problems
D) Teresa
  • 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) absent minded
C) strict
D) unfair
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) a junior high on the first day of school
B) a history class on the last 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) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
B) doesn't want to be in school that day
C) is disappointed with his class schedule
D) is having an argument with Victor
  • 7. Victor decides to take French for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) he would like to go to France someday
B) has heard the teacher is a good guy
C) he wants to be in the same class as Teresa
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) 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) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) being yourself
B) the boredom of youth
C) finding one's true love
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) 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) an invitation to stay for dinner
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) Roger
B) Langston Hughes
C) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
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) scare her
C) hurt her
D) steal from her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) nervous
B) young
C) strong
D) mean
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) punish him
B) give him a reward
C) learn about his family
D) help him
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) is hungry and has no money for food
B) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
C) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
D) needs money to support his family
  • 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) work out with stronger partners
B) concentrate on winning
C) end their friendship
D) don't like the same movies anymore
  • 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 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) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
B) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
C) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
D) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
  • 22. In the story the source of conflict source both Antonio and Felix is:
A) training without each other
B) competing against each other for the title
C) finding separate places to train
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) brothers
B) strangers
C) sparring partners
D) enemies
  • 24. Felix and Antonio decide to not see each other before the fight because they want to:
A) break off their friendship
B) concentrate on the fight
C) keep their strategies a secret
D) work with different trainers
  • 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) her Indian culture was being insulted
B) the author had never tasted it
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) more arts and crafts
B) an increase in health problems
C) great economic benefit
D) an improved standard of living
  • 28. What is the major conflict in "It's All in How You Say It"?
A) The author hates Indian food
B) The author hates her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
C) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
D) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
  • 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 share family and tribal history with her offspring
D) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
  • 30. From whose point of view is "The Forest Cries" written?
A) a young woman describing events as they are happening
B) a fictional woman recounting tales about her life
C) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
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) 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) 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 Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
B) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
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 Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
B) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
C) when Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
D) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
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