Seventh Grade Comprehension Skills Test

Name (First and Last)

Hour

• 1 and 2
• 3 and 4
• 6 and 7

1. Which of the following statements describes the inciting incident?

• a. It is the first day of seventh grade.
• b. Mr. Bueller is Victor’s French teacher.
• c. Victor wants to take French and hopes he will be in Teresa’s class.
• d. Michael and Victor hope that girls will think they are handsome.

2. Which excerpt below includes details about the setting?

• a. …he thought some day he might like to travel to France, where it was cool
• b. There were rivers in France, and huge churches, and fair-skinned people everywhere…
• c. On the first day of school, Victor stood in line half an hour…
• d. Teresa is going to be my girl this year, he promised himself…

3. What made Victor think that girls might actually like a guy who scowls?

• a. Michael told him that he read about it in a magazine.
• b. When Victor tried a scowl, he noticed that a girl was looking at him.
• c. Victor scowled at himself in the mirror and thought he didn’t look half bad.
• d. Victor noticed that Teresa was staring at him as he scowled.

4. Which of the following rising actions happened first in the story?

• a. Victor says something foolish to Teresa after homeroom.
• b. Teresa says, “That was good.”
• c. Victor scans the cafeteria for Teresa.
• d. Victor says Teresa’s name in response to a question in English.

5. Which event in the story gives readers a hint that things might turn out well for Victor and Teresa?

• a. Teresa sat two rows away, reading a paperback novel.
• b. When the bell rang after lunch, Teresa looked up and their eyes met.
• c. Victor ran into his friend, Michael, and they chatted about summer break.
• d. In math, Victor sat by the window, hoping he wouldn’t be called on.

6. Which excerpt below shows tension increasing right before the climax?

• a. He remembered his college years when he dated a girlfriend in borrowed cars.
• b. …then widened his eyes in terror at Teresa who stood in front of him.
• c. …and their eyes met. She smiled sweetly and gathered her books.
• d. ”Bonjour.” Teresa said, leaving him outside her next class.

7. What happens during the falling action?

• a. Victor decides that he is going to like seventh grade.
• b. Victor tries to fake his way through speaking French.
• c. Victor decides to take French.
• d. Teresa asks Victor if he would help her with her French.

8. Great rosebushes of red bloomed on Victor’s cheeks. This sentence includes what type of figurative language?

• a. simile
• b. metaphor
• c. personification
• d. hyperbole