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Short Story Final - Quiz
Contributed by: Lofgren
  • 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) Teresa
B) Mr. Bueller
C) math problems
D) the food
  • 3. Victor pretend that he already knows some French because he wants to:
A) impress Mr. Bueller
B) get some laughs
C) impress Teresa
D) get out of French class
  • 4. Which word best describes Mr. Bueller?
A) strict
B) sympathetic
C) absent minded
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 junior high on the first 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 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) 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) he embarrasses himself by pretending to know French
D) Mr. Bueller gets angry when Victor forgets his book
  • 9. What is the theme of "Seventh Grade"?
A) the joy of learning
B) the boredom of youth
C) finding one's true love
D) being yourself
  • 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 respect and trust other people
C) that stealing can lead to jail
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) 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) Langston Hughes
B) Teresa
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) hurt her
B) help her
C) scare her
D) steal from 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) 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) needs money to support his family
B) is hungry and has no money for food
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) look alike
B) have similar boxing styles
C) come from the same neighborhood
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) 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) only a knockout will satisfy them
B) they are angry with each other
C) each wants the other to give up
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 left hand was like a piston, pumping jabs..."
B) "Felix, grunting like a bull, threw wild punches..."
C) "only the frenzied screaming of those along ringside..."
D) "his face being pounded into raw wet hamburger"
  • 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) competing against each other for the title
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) sparring partners
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) work with different trainers
D) keep their strategies a secret
  • 25. In the end, Felix and Antonio decide to:
A) apologize to each other
B) give up boxing
C) remain true friends
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) a textbook was no place to discuss food
B) her Indian culture was being insulted
C) the author had never tasted it
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 improved standard of living
B) great economic benefit
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 wants to tear up her textbooks
C) The author hates her culture and wants to adopt the white people's ways
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 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 grandchild writing to her elderly grandmother
B) a grandmother looking back on her family's past
C) a fictional woman recounting tales about her life
D) a young woman describing events as they are happening
  • 31. In "The Forest Cries," when the author lived in Minneapolis during World War II, she:
A) lived alone
B) was a teacher
C) ran a rooming house
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) persuasive
B) narrative
C) informative
D) creative
  • 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 Victor tells Teresa he can speak french
C) when the native american girl reads about the 'sleet-schus'
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 Roger askes Mrs. Jones if he should run out and get some milk
C) when the grandmother in "The Forest Cries" decides to get a job
D) when Felix and Antonio question how they should approach their fight
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