Short Story Final
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) learning French
B) attracting girls
C) picking grapes
D) traveling
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) Mr. Bueller
B) Teresa
C) math problems
D) the food
  • 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 Mr. Bueller
D) impress Teresa
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) unfair
B) strict
C) sympathetic
D) absent minded
  • 5. What is the setting of the story "Seventh Grade"?
A) a junior high on the first day of school
B) near Teresa's locker after school one day
C) a history class on the last day of school
D) a catechism class one afternoon
  • 6. In the story, Victor's friend Michael scowls all the time because:
A) doesn't want to be in school that day
B) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
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) 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 makes Teresa angry by talking to her during class
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 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) that stealing can lead to jail
B) that blue suede shoes are not important
C) to be careful who he steals from
D) to respect and trust other people
  • 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) 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) scare her
B) steal from her
C) hurt her
D) help her
  • 14. In her first encounter with the boy, you can tell that Mrs. Jones is very:
A) young
B) mean
C) nervous
D) strong
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) help him
B) give him a reward
C) punish him
D) learn about his family
  • 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) come from the same neighborhood
B) look alike
C) have similar boxing styles
D) are very close friends
  • 18. Antonio and Felix decide to stay apart before the match because they want to:
A) concentrate on winning
B) end their friendship
C) work out with stronger partners
D) don't like the same movies anymore
  • 19. Antonio and Felix continue to fight after final bell because:
A) only a knockout will satisfy them
B) they are completely absorbed in the fight
C) each wants the other to give up
D) they are angry with each other
  • 20. In what way are Antonio and Felix NOT alike in the story:
A) their competitiveness
B) the way they feel about boxing
C) the way they train
D) their style of boxing
  • 21. Which of the following passages from "Amigo Brothers" is an example of a metaphor?
A) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
B) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
C) "His left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
D) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
  • 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) sparring partners
C) enemies
D) strangers
  • 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) apologize to each other
B) give up boxing
C) have a rematch
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) 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) more arts and crafts
B) great economic benefit
C) an improved standard of living
D) an increase in health problems
  • 28. What is the major conflict in "It's All in How You Say It"?
A) The author hates her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
B) The author hates Indian food
C) The author is saddened because white people misunderstand the Indian
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 help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
C) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
D) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
  • 30. From whose point of view is "The Forest Cries" written?
A) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
B) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
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) 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) caused fighting among the Ojibway
C) helped create a brotherhood 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) informative
B) creative
C) narrative
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 Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
B) when Victor wonders if he should scowl like Michael
C) when Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
D) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
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