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The Jacket Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What can the reader infer about Gary based on his actions in "The Jacket"?

a)

He gets along well with his brothers and sisters.

b)

He isn't confident.

c)

He makes enemies easily.

d)

He doesn't care what anyone thinks of him.

2.

How does Gary transform, or evolve, over the course of the text?

a)

He goes from being friendless and lonely to popular.

b)

He goes from being a loser to being stylish.

c)

He goes from being angry to being overjoyed.

d)

He goes from being selfish and self-conscious to resigned and understanding.

3.

How would the story be different if Gary's family wasn't poor?

a)

Gary wouldn't be spoiled.

b)

Gary's mom could've afforded the jacket he wanted.

c)

Gary wouldn't care what others thought of him.

d)

The playground terrorist would leave Gary alone.

4.

Why does Gary call the jacket "a green ugly brother"?

a)

Because he hates the jacket and he hates his brother.

b)

Both the jacket and his brother are ugly.

c)

Both the jacket and his brother are annoyances he must accept.

d)

The jacket is green and his brother loves the Hulk.

5.

What is the most LIKELY reason Gary had no friends in 6th grade?

a)

He purposefully isolated himself because he was ashamed of his jacket.

b)

No one wanted to be friends with him because they were afraid of getting ugly cooties.

c)

The girls thought he wasn't cute.

d)

They were afraid the playground terrorist would come after them, too.

6.

What is the theme, or moral lesson, of "The Jacket"?

a)

The way you dress influences how you feel about yourself.

b)

Everyone has had a bad fashion day.

c)

Mothers should be more considerate of their children's feelings when dressing them.

d)

If you don't wear fancy clothes, you won't make fancy friends.

7.

__________ is a tough, shiny plastic

a)

vicious

b)

propellers

c)

vinyl

d)

mope

8.

_______ is an antonym( opposite meaning) for mope

a)

happy

b)

sad

c)

in low spirits

d)

gloomy

9.

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

a)

young

b)

out of style

c)

ugly

d)

unhappy

10.

The jacket first got damaged when the author -

a)

played with the dog

b)

was pushed down

c)

played kickball

d)

threw it over a fence

11.

The author was so embarrassed by the jacket that he -

a)

teased the dog

b)

took it off in the cold

c)

put grass in his mouth

d)

threw his books on his bed

12.

"I stood in front of the mirror, full face, then profile, and then looked over my shoulder."

a)

rear view of an object

b)

side view of an object

c)

overhead view of an object

d)

distant view of an object

13.

What happened to the jacket when Gary Soto teased Brownie, his dog?

a)

Large pieces of material fell off.

b)

One of the sleeves tore.

c)

The tape began to peel off.

d)

it changed color

14.

Soto's mother probably told him about the children in Mexico who would love the jacket to -

a)

remind him that others were worse off than he

b)

tell him how much she missed her homeland

c)

explain why his sister's jacket was better

d)

blame him for damaging the jacket

15.

When Soto compares the jacket to a brother, you understand that he -

a)

has accepted the jacket

b)

loves the jacket

c)

is jealous of the jacket

d)

will soon lose the jacket