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Unit 1 Part 1 Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What order does a personal narrative usually follow?
a)
reflection, incident, change
b)
incident, response, incident
c)
incident, response, reflection
d)
incident, change, response
2.

What is a response?

a)

nothing

b)

the lesson learned

c)

the event that took place

d)

the narrator’s feelings and actions associated with the incident

3.

The lessons the narrator learned from the experience is called...

a)

Response

b)

Reflection

c)

Incident

4.
How did Greenburg resolve the incident with the bully later in his life?
a)
he wrote a song about him
b)
he stole his girlfriend
c)
he scared him away
d)
he made fun of the bully in the books that he wrote.
5.
A bully named Vernon picks on our narrator and takes his Chicago Cubs cap.  What is this an example of?
a)
conflict
b)
theme
c)
setting
d)
climax
6.
The perspective of the narrator is also described by what literary term?
a)
Bias
b)
Narrative Sequence
c)
Point of Reference
d)
Point of View
7.
A personal narrative uses words like...
a)
he, she, them, they
b)
I, me, my mine, myself
8.
What is the point of view that a personal narrative uses?
a)
3rd person view
b)
bird's eye view
bird's eye view
c)
1st person view
d)
narrator's view
9.

the person who tells the story

a)

narrator

b)

theme

c)

perspective

d)

reflection

10.

Conversation between characters

a)

Characterization

b)

Dialogue

c)

Internal Conflict

d)

External Conflict

11.

the act of creating and developing a character

a)

characterization

b)

dialogue

c)

incident

d)

theme

12.
The first sentence that grabs the attention of the reader in a narrative is called what?
a)
Lure
b)
Hook
c)
Exclamation
d)
Greeting
13.

External Conflict

a)

the result of an event or action

b)

a character struggles with an outside force, such as another character or something in nature.

c)

the character struggles with his or her own needs, desires, or emotions

14.

Internal Conflict

a)

the character struggles with his or her own needs, desires, or emotions

b)

a character struggles with an outside force, such as another character or something in nature

c)

the result of an event or action

15.

How does the narrator feel about Ann Cohn?

a)

He doesn't think much of her as a neighbor.

b)

He has an admiration for her.

c)

He thinks she's goofy.

d)

He likes to humiliate her.

16.

What is the INCIDENT in this story?

a)

The narrator kisses a girl for the first time.

b)

The narrator uses his bully as inspiration for a character in one of his literature series.

c)

Dan Greenburg has enough of the bully and attacks him.

d)

The narrator gets bullied by Vernon Manteuffel.

17.

What is the RESPONSE in this story?

a)

The narrator kisses a girl for the first time.

b)

The narrator uses his bully as inspiration for a character in one of his literature series.

c)

Dan Greenburg has enough of the bully and attacks him.

d)

The narrator gets bullied by Vernon Manteuffel.

18.

What is the REFLECTION in this story?

a)

The narrator kisses a girl for the first time.

b)

The narrator uses his bully as inspiration for a character in one of his literature series.

c)

Dan Greenburg has enough of the bully and attacks him.

d)

The narrator gets bullied by Vernon Manteuffel.

19.
Panchito's family moves whenever
a)
their money runs out.
b)
the work becomes too hard.
c)
they get tired of living in one place.
d)
they need to find more crops to pick.
20.
Panchito's parents do not send him to school until November because
a)
the weather is too hot.
b)
they do not think he can learn.
c)
they need his help in earning money.
d)
they believe that school is a waste of time.
21.
What can you tell about Panchito from the things he does on his first day of school?
a)
He get homesick easily.
b)
He can read very well for a sixth grader.
c)
He makes friends more easily than most children.
d)
He is more independent than many children his age.
22.
Main Idea/ Details
At the end of The Circuit, what do the cardboard boxes mean to Panchito?
a)
He will have to stop going to school and move again.
b)
He has not been working hard enough in the fields.
c)
It is Roberto's turn to go to school
d)
The officials have found out that Roberto does not go to school.
23.

A school bus arrives while Panchito and Roberto are working in the fields. How do they react?

a)

They watch the bus wistfully.

b)

They climb on board the bus.

c)

They shout and make faces.

d)

They run away and hide.

24.

What event was changing for Panchito at the beginning of the story?

a)

A. Panchito wasn't going to learn to drive Papa's carcanchita

b)

B. Panchito was going to begin 6th grade

c)

C. Panchito was learning to read from Mr. Lema

d)

D. Panchito and his family will be moving to follow the next crop

25.

How does Panchito feel about the move?

a)

A. Upset because he knows the labor will be hard

b)

B. Happy he was running around with his younger sibings.

c)

C. Scared because he doesn't like to meet new people

d)

D. Sad because he will miss the shack that they were living in

26.

When the author describes his ideal jacket to his mother, he describes something like…

a)

bikers wear.

b)

pilots wear.

c)

doctors wear.

d)

businessmen wear.

27.

From what point of view is “The Jacket” told?

a)

first person

b)

second person

c)

third person limited

d)

third person omniscient

28.

What is the main conflict in “The Jacket”?

a)

The narrator believes that his ugly jacket is the cause for everything negative in his life.

b)

The narrator suffers bullying at school because of his ugly jacket.

c)

The narrator’s mother buys him the wrong color jacket.

d)

The narrator has to wear a ripped jacket because he was careless.

29.

Which of the following is a method writers uses to develop characters?

a)

looks

b)

thoughts

c)

what others say about them

d)

actions

e)

all of the above

30.

Each characters' perspective is told from which point of view?

a)

first person

b)

second person

c)

third person

31.

Bryce being embarrassed by his sister while hiding in the bathroom is an example of which type of conflict?

a)

internal conflict

b)

external conflict

32.
A man on the bus was yelling at the bus driver for not getting him to his destination on time.
a)
Internal Conflict
b)
External Conflict
33.
Laura wants to watch her favorite TV show tonight, but knows she has a huge Social Studies test tomorrow.
a)
Internal Conflict
b)
External Conflict
34.

When a writer uses descriptive language, how does it affect the reader?

a)

The reader can memorize the text.

b)

The reader feels the text come to life.

c)

The reader gets bored and stops reading.

d)

The reader gets confused and has to reread.

35.

Sensory language, vivid verbs, and figurative language are all examples of...(Using these in your writing brings your story to LIFE!)

a)

pronouns

b)

descriptive language

c)

the five senses

d)

grammar