Short Story Final
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) attracting girls
B) picking grapes
C) traveling
D) learning French
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) Mr. Bueller
B) Teresa
C) the food
D) math problems
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) get out of French class
B) get some laughs
C) impress Teresa
D) impress Mr. Bueller
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) absent minded
B) sympathetic
C) strict
D) unfair
  • 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 catechism class one afternoon
D) a junior high on the first 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) doesn't want to be in school that day
C) is having an argument with Victor
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) has heard the teacher is a good guy
C) he would like to go to France someday
D) he already knows Spanish and English
  • 8. What problem does Victor have in French class?
A) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
B) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
C) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
D) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) being yourself
B) the joy of learning
C) finding one's true love
D) the boredom of youth
  • 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) to be careful who he steals from
C) to respect and trust other people
D) that stealing can lead to jail
  • 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) a chance to get away
D) ten dollars to buy shoes
  • 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) Roger
C) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
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) mean
B) young
C) strong
D) nervous
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) give him a reward
B) help him
C) punish him
D) learn about his family
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) needs money to support his family
B) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
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) are very close friends
B) come from the same neighborhood
C) have similar boxing styles
D) look alike
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) don't like the same movies anymore
B) work out with stronger partners
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) they are completely absorbed in the fight
C) each wants the other to give up
D) only a knockout will satisfy them
  • 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) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
D) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
  • 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) 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) keep their strategies a secret
D) work with different trainers
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) remain true friends
B) have a rematch
C) apologize to each other
D) give up boxing
  • 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) a textbook was no place to discuss food
B) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
C) her Indian culture was being insulted
D) the author had never tasted it
  • 27. In "It's All in How You Say It" the author suggests that white people's civilization brought the Indian peoples;
A) great economic benefit
B) an improved standard of living
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 hates Indian food
B) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
C) The author wants to tear up her textbooks
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 help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
B) to convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
C) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
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 young woman describing events as they are happening
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) lived alone
B) ran a rooming house
C) worked in a defense plant
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) narrative
B) informative
C) persuasive
D) creative
  • 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 Mrs. Jones tells Roger, "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet"
D) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
  • 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 Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
D) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
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