Speak Test #1 p 1-50

What is Melinda's mood as the book begins?

• nervous but excited to go to high school

• happy and thrilled to see her friends

• stressed out by going to high school

Melinda categorizes the Merryweather high school students into several groups: jocks, cheerleaders, human waste, suffering artists, Goths, etc. Which group does she put herself in?

• suffering artists

• cheerleaders

• Goths

• none of the above

Melinda hints at an event that occured in her recent past. What inference can you make about what happened to her?

• she got drunk at a party and threw up on the floor

• she was attacked by IT

• she got into a fight with another girl over a boy

Why does Melinda have such difficulty speaking to the social Studies teacher Mr Neck when he confronts her during lunch?

• she doesn't like conflict

• she respects him

• she knows he is trying to establish order in the lunchroom

How might Mr Freeman's name work on a symbolic level in Speak?

• as the art teacher, he beleives in free creativity

• he lets the students do whatever topic they want for their projects

• he speaks freely all period long on his opinions

How does Melinda describe her room?

• it 'belongs to an alien'

• it is her 'dream bedroom'

• it is decorated in roses and butterflies

• none of the above

What inference can you make about her mother's job?

• Her mother is very busy and has no time for Melinda

• Her mother has become an alcoholic

• her mother likes the prestige of working at the mall

Which topic does Melinda select for her art project?

• a parrot

• a penguin

• a tree

• a spoon

What is the literary device: "words climbed up my throat."

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

What is the literary device: "words climbed up my throat."

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor