Short Story Final
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) traveling
B) attracting girls
C) picking grapes
D) learning French
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) Mr. Bueller
B) the food
C) math problems
D) Teresa
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) impress Mr. Bueller
B) impress Teresa
C) get out of French class
D) get some laughs
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) unfair
B) absent minded
C) strict
D) sympathetic
  • 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) near Teresa's locker after school one day
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) is disappointed with his class schedule
C) doesn't want to be in school that day
D) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
  • 7. Victor decides to take French for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) has heard the teacher is a good guy
B) he would like to go to France someday
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) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
B) he makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
C) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
D) Mr. Bueller won't let him sit near the girl that he likes
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) being yourself
B) finding one's true love
C) the joy of learning
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) 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) 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) Teresa
B) Roger
C) Langston Hughes
D) Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
  • 13. At the beginning of "Thank You, M'am" Roger runs up behind Mrs. Jones because he wants to:
A) help her
B) steal from her
C) scare her
D) hurt 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) give him a reward
B) learn about his family
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) is hungry and has no money for food
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) are very close friends
C) look alike
D) come from the same neighborhood
  • 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) they are angry with each other
B) each wants the other to give up
C) only a knockout will satisfy them
D) they are completely absorbed in the fight
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) their style of boxing
B) the way they train
C) the way they feel about boxing
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) 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) 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) have a rematch
C) give up boxing
D) remain true friends
  • 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 textbook should have been written by an American Indian
C) the author had never tasted it
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) great economic benefit
B) an improved standard of living
C) more arts and crafts
D) an increase in health problems
  • 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 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 share family and tribal history with her offspring
B) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
C) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
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 grandmother looking back on her family's past
C) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
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) was a teacher
B) ran a rooming house
C) lived alone
D) worked in a defense plant
  • 32. In "The Forest Cries," the author states that Indian migration to urban areas during the war years:
A) caused fighting among the Ojibway
B) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
C) made the Ojibway want to return to the reservations
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) narrative
B) persuasive
C) informative
D) creative
  • 34. An example of Words of the Wiser is:
A) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
B) when Mrs. Jones tells Roger, "shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet"
C) when Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
D) when Felix and Antonio meet to fight
  • 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 Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
D) when Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
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