The Jacket

How does the author say that he looked in the jacket?

• young

• out of style

• ugly

• unhappy

The jacket first got damaged when the author -

• played with the dog

• was pushed down

• played kickball

• threw it over a fence

"Girls who had been friendly blew away like loose flowers to follow the boys in neat jackets." is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

When the author wore the jacket, girls who had once been friendly to him began to -

• follow boys in neat jackets

• laugh at him to his face

• cause him to fail spelling tests

• tell him the jacket was ugly

The author was so embarrassed by the jacket that he -

• teased the dog

• took it off in the cold

• put grass in his mouth

• threw his books on his bed

According to the author, what color is his jacket?

• the color of broccoli

• the color of the sky

• the color of guacamole

• the color of his boots

To show his tone toward the jacket at the end of the essay, the author compares it to -

• a peeling scab

• the necks of turtles

• a green, ugly brother

• a cup of crooked dice

The author describes first seeing the jacket "as if it were a stranger whose hand I had to shake." This implies that--

• He is looking forward to wearing the jacket.

• He is hesitant to touch it.

• He is curious about the jacket.

• He thinks the jacket is something important.

"I received Cs on quizzes, and forgot the state capitals and the rivers of South America, our friendly neighbor. Even the girls who had been friendly blew away like loose flowers to follow the boys in neat jackets." These lines in the story show the narrator's--

• optimism

• anger

• frustration

• confusion

"Even the girls who had been friendly blew away like loose flowers to follow the boys in neat jackets." is am example of--

• personification

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor