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Short Story Final - Qüestionari
Contribució de: Lofgren
  • 1. In "Seventh Grade", Victor and his friend Michael are both interested in:
A) learning French
B) picking grapes
C) attracting girls
D) traveling
  • 2. During lunch, Victor is thinking mainly about:
A) the food
B) math problems
C) Mr. Bueller
D) Teresa
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) impress Mr. Bueller
B) get out of French class
C) get some laughs
D) impress Teresa
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) strict
B) unfair
C) absent minded
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) 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) doesn't want to be in school that day
C) thinks scowling will make girls notice him
D) is disappointed with his class schedule
  • 7. Victor decides to take French for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) he already knows Spanish and English
B) he would like to go to France someday
C) has heard the teacher is a good guy
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) being yourself
B) the joy of learning
C) the boredom of youth
D) finding one's true love
  • 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) that blue suede shoes are not important
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) 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) Langston Hughes
C) Roger
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) scare her
B) hurt her
C) steal from 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) strong
D) nervous
  • 15. Mrs. Jones takes Roger to her home because she wants to:
A) learn about his family
B) help him
C) give him a reward
D) punish him
  • 16. Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones' pocketbook because he:
A) is hungry and has no money for food
B) needs money to support his family
C) wants to buy a pair of blue suede shoes
D) knows that she carries a lot of money with her
  • 17. In "Amigo Brothers," Antonio and Felix think of themselves as brothers because they:
A) are very close friends
B) have similar boxing styles
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) concentrate on winning
B) don't like the same movies anymore
C) end their friendship
D) work out with stronger partners
  • 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 completely absorbed in the fight
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 left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
C) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
D) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
  • 22. In the story the source of conflict source both Antonio and Felix is:
A) deciding who has the most fan support
B) finding separate places to train
C) training without each other
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) enemies
B) brothers
C) strangers
D) sparring partners
  • 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) 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) the author had never tasted it
B) her Indian culture was being insulted
C) a textbook was no place to discuss food
D) the textbook should have been written by an American Indian
  • 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) an improved standard of living
C) great economic benefit
D) more arts and crafts
  • 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 convince Native Americans to reject non-Native ways
B) to protest against the mistreatment of Native peoples
C) to share family and tribal history with her offspring
D) to help non-Natives understand the Ojibway people
  • 30. From whose point of view is "The Forest Cries" written?
A) a grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
B) a young woman describing events as they are happening
C) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
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) was a teacher
C) worked in a defense plant
D) ran a rooming house
  • 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) helped create a brotherhood among the Ojibway
C) established a wealthy Ojibway society
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) informative
B) persuasive
C) narrative
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 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 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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