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"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name

Class

Date

What is the main character's name?

Michael

Victor

Teresa

Thomas

___________ is the name of the girl Victor likes?

Trina

Teresa

Tabitha

Tina

Victor's friend, Michael, thinks _______ makes him more handsome.

smiling

winking

scowling

grinning

Victor decides to make a trip to the public library, because _______.

he plans to meet Teresa there

he has to check out French books to study

he needs a quiet place to read

he has a part-time job there

How can the reader tell that Victor likes Teresa?

He thinks about her, watches her in homeroom, and looks for her at lunch.

He asks her about her summer and tells her how much he likes her.

He scowls at her and ignores her but later speaks to her about ballet.

He bumps into her after homeroom and offers to tutor her in English.

Which answer choice foreshadows that Victor and Teresa will come together by the end of the story?

Only Teresa lingered, talking with the homeroom teacher,

When the bell sounded, Teresa looked up, and their eyes met. She smiled sweetly and gathered her books.

As Teresa walked down the hall, Victor walked the other way, looking back, admiring how gracefully she walked, one foot in front of the other.

Victor sat calmly, thinking of Teresa, who sat two rows away, reading a paperback novel.

When the author wrote that Victor selected French as his one elective, it meant that French was his...

main academic class

optional course

assigned subject

required club

When the author wrote that the English teacher was a portly man, this meant that Mr. Lucas was...

tall

thin

overweight

short

When the author wrote that Victor gave Mr. Bueller a sheepish look after trying to speak French, this meant that Victor gave Mr. Bueller a look of...

excitement

anger

embarrassment

amusement

10.

Why didn't Mr. Bueller give Victor's secret away?

Mr. Bueller had a similar experience in college.

He knew Teresa would figure it out by herself.

He could tell Victor would be a good student.

Mr. Bueller felt sorry for Teresa.

11.

What is the conflict in "Seventh Grade"

Victor and Michael like the same girl.

Victor wants to impress Teresa, but he doesn’t know how.

Victor can’t decide whether to take Spanish or French in 7th grade.

12.

Which of the following words means to tremble or shake

linger

quiver

scowl

elective

13.

Which of the following words is fierceness or intensity?

portly

ferocity

conviction

scowl

14.

Which of the words is an angry frown?

ferocity

conviction

unison

scowl

15.

Which word means simultaneous or at the same time?

elective

conviction

bonjour

unison

16.

Which of the following best describes the setting of the story?

A schoolhouse in the early 1900s in California

A middle school in Fresno on the first day of school

Victor's French class during the day

Victor's homeroom class in his high school

17.

Which of the following best describes the resolution?

Teresa asks Victor to help her in French

Mr. Bueller tells the class that Victor doesn't really know French

Victor agrees to tutor Teresa and goes to the library for books

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"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

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