Unit 3 Test Review "Doris is Coming" short story

Which of the following best describes the setting of Doris is coming?

• When she walked farther, she felt, for the first time, some purpose other than solitude motivating her.

• As soon as she saw it, she knew what she was doing.

• It was warm inside, and she made her way to the soda fountain, even warmer from the heat.

• The two men talking looked over at her and shook their heads.

Answer explanation

Setting: when and where the story takes place.

What is the point of view of "Doris is Coming"?

• First-person

• Third-person, limited to Doris

• Third person, limited to the waitress

• Third-person omniscent

Answer explanation

Third person limited: the reader only gets the thoughts and feelings of one character (in this story, Doris).

Which of the following gives the best clue to the narrator's point of view?

• "I wouldn't sit here. I wouldn't do that."

• The two men talking looked over at her and shook their heads.

• She'd made a book cover for it with a paper bag, and she was glad she'd done it because she was sweating so much it would have slipped from her hands otherwise.

• The man walked over with a shake and gave it to the waitress, who bent the straw toward herself and began to drink.

Answer explanation

In answer C, the narrator tells about how Doris is feeling.

If lines 1-3 of "Doris is Coming" were changed to the following, what would be true about the point of view?

I walked from Stutz's and along Fourth Street. When I got to Claremont, the street where I lived, I kept going, past Walnut and Chestnut and all other streets named after trees.

• It would stay third-person, limited to Doris.

• It would stay first-person.

• It would change to first-person.

• It would change to third-person omniscent.

Answer explanation

In the change, Doris is the narrator and using the pronoun I, so it would now become first-person.

Which of the following shows Doris experiences unfair treatement?

• A white man stood at the ice cream machine and whirred a shake.

• When she walked farther, she felt, for the first time, some purpose other than solitude motivating her.

• There was one waitress, hip propped against the side of the counter, wiping the countertop...

• "Seriously, though," the waitress said, turning solemn, "I can't serve you."

Answer explanation

Not serving Doris because of her race is an example of unfair treatment.

Which of the following classifies this text as historical fiction?

• It combines historical events and details with imaginary characters, dialogue and events.

• Doris, the waitress, and other customers are real historical people.

• It includes only true facts from history.

• It is a completely fictional story that is set in the present day.

Answer explanation

Historical fiction contains some history, and some stuff that's made up.

Which event comes first in the plot?

• The waitress gave Doris the milkshake.

• Doris got out her World History book and tried to study.

• The man at the ice cream machine made himself some coffee.

• Doris realized that other people did sit-ins in groups.

Answer explanation

You should always check back in the text and see the order of events.

Which of the following best supports the claim that Doris is determined?

• "Well. The waitress started wiping the counter again. Going over the same spots."

• "I wouldn't sit here. I wouldn't do that."

• "Next time I'll want some food, all right?"

Answer explanation

This shows that Doris wants to try a sit-in again, even though she wasn't served this time.

What is one way that the fictional story ("Doris is Coming") differed from the nonfiction ("The Most Daring of Our Leaders" and the John Lewis speech)?

• The fictional story was in chronological order.

• The fictional story included imaginary characters and dialogue made up by the author.

• The fictional story include historically accurate details.

• The fictional story included examples of historical rules and types of events.

Answer explanation

Doris was not a real person; the author made her and what she did and said up.

Which text, the historical fiction "Doris is Coming" or the nonfiction texts "The Most Daring of Our Leaders" and the John Lewis speech, made it clear that segregation was part of life during this time?

• Both texts

• Neither text

• Just the fictional story

• Just the nonfiction accounts

Answer explanation

All the texts we've read showed how segregation affected daily, from lunch counters, to bus stations.