The Thanksgiving Visitor Reading Check Quiz

Which of the following quotations is an example of INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION?

• "Someone here is a thief...Odd Henderson is a thief."

• "When I think of all the company coming, it scares me."

• "Miss Sook snapped the stems of her showiest blooms. 'Take these to your mother,' she told him, handing him the bouquet."

• "My friend's clear eyes contemplated me...'Then I will. Tomorrow,' she said, 'I'll put on my hat and pay a call on Molly Henderson.' This statement certified her determination."

What is the setting of the story?

• a big old house in the south in the 1930s during the Great Depression

• Thanksgiving during the Great Depression in the 1930s

• A small southern town in the 1920s, just before the Great Depression

• before and after Thanksgiving during the Great Depression

Which of the following has a positive connotation for most people?

• Veteran's Day

• School

• Irony

• Thanksgiving

What is the BEST description of Odd Henderson?

• the antagonist who ends up getting the reader's sympathy when his true nature is revealed after Miss Sook invited him to Thanksgiving

• the protagonist who comes from a poor family and bullies the antagonist; Miss Sook invites him to Thanksgiving so Buddy can make friends with him

• a misunderstood, aggressive bully who is older than the other students in his class and from a poor family ; Miss Sook takes him under her wing even though Buddy hates him

• the antagonist who bullies Buddy, is much older than the other kids in his grade, and whom Miss Sook invites to Thanksgiving to help reconcile him and Buddy

What is Buddy's reaction when he sees Odd steal Miss Sook's cameo pin from her jewelry box in the bathroom?

• He decides to blackmail Odd with this information to make him stop bullying him.

• He decides to embarrass Odd by revealing the truth in front of all the Thanksgiving guests.

• He decides to tell Miss Sook privately to prove to her that Odd is a bad person who cannot be trusted.

• He decides to confront Odd and make him give it back so Miss Sook will see how brave Buddy is.