The Contender - Multiple Choice Questions

Who is the "shuddering old man crouched alongside the stairs, behind the garbage pail" that asks Alfred for money?

• Hollis

• Spoons

• Major

• James

What is the ball of ice that Alfred feels in his stomach?

• It's from icing his body after getting punched

• It is the nervousness that he feels before a fight

• It's from Major, who put it in a drink

• It’s the cold feeling Alfred feels from James

Who tells Alfred that he knows a doctor that can help James to get better?

• Donatelli

• Major

• Spoons

• Jeff

Who is in Alfred’s corner for his last fight?

• Donatelli

• Henry

• James

• Spoons

Who has raised Alfred since his mother died?

• Spoons and his wife Betty

• Mr. Donatelli

• Aunt Pearl

• Charlene

Whose first name is Vito?

• Spoons

• Henry

• Donatelli

• Major

Which character had polio that left him with a paralyzed leg, so that he forever walks with a limp?

• Hollis

• Major

• Dr. Corey

• Henry

How many fights does Alfred have in total?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Does Alfred believe that he is a contender?

• Yes

• No

• Tacos

• French fries

What literary device is being used in this sentence?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Proper Noun