WorksheetsShort Stories Final Exam 2021
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins
In All Summer in a Day, which of the following words best captures the mood of this story?
lighthearted
gloomy
angry
spooky
In All Summer in a Day,, the sun is described as:
a yellow crayon
a coin
a flower
all of the above
In All Summer in a Day, what is the main reason the students resent Margot?
She has only lived on Venus for 5 years
She has blonde hair
She hates the rain
She doesn't talk
What is the most likely reason that the children locked Margot in the closet?
They wanted to play a mean joke on her
They wanted to scare her into moving
They wanted to make her miss out on seeing the sun
They wanted to harm her
How often does the sun appear on Venus?
Once a year
Once every 5 years
Once a month
Once every seven years
After the rain begins again and the children realize that Margot is locked in the closet, they most likely feel;
glad
satisfied
worried
ashamed
In the play Monsters are Due on Maple Street how is the audience first made aware that things are NOT functioning normally on Maple Street?
Les Goodman complains that his car won’t start.
There is an explosion on the power lines.
People are shown having power problems.
Tommy warns the people that their power is about to go off.
The main conflict in The Monsters are Due on Maple Street is
between Charlie and Tommy
between the creatures and the people
among the people themselves
between Charlie and Steve
The setting of Act I is
a town in a dream
a town on another planet
a specific town in the United States
any ordinary town in the U.S.
In The Monsters are Due on Maple Street, Steve says, “That’s exactly what it is — some kind of madness, “ he means that
everyone has contracted a disease which causes madness
the neighbors are crazy to suspect each other
Les Goodman is crazy to go out
the monsters have driven people crazy
The suspect in The Monsters are Due on Maple Street keeps changing because
each suspect proves his innocence
people’s peculiarities are seen as evidence
the police keep finding new evidence
Tommy keeps changing his story
Charlie shoots Pete Van Horn because
Charlie is an alien.
Charlie does not recognize Pete.
Pete is an alien.
Pete does not recognize Charlie.
In Slower Than the Rest Leo is allowed to keep the turtle because
a) his mother is sympathetic towards turtles.
b) his was the first one to see it.
Both (a) and (b)
Neither (a) nor (b)
In Slower Than the Rest Leo does not have many friends, because
his father is in the military and his family is constantly moving.
there are no other children in his neighborhood.
he is "slower than the rest."
In Slower Than the Rest, we see that
being smart is not the only thing that matters.
a turtle can beat a rabbit in a race.
slavery is terrible.
a turtle can be difficult to take care of.
If the climax of the story is the part where everybody is there watching, and the main character either wins or loses his conflict, in Slower Than the Rest, which of these is the climax?
When Leo called people who start forest fires murderers.
When Leo finds the turtle.
When Leo wins the award.
When the turtle dies.
The theme or life lesson of Slower Than the Rest is
slow kids should have to go into separate classes.
don't start forest fires.
every creature, fast or slow, has value.
In the short story Ten With a Flag, what are Johnnie and the narrator concerned about?
their struggling marriage
the health of their baby
the amount of control the government has over their daily lives.
Johnnie is concerned about the control the government has over their lives but the narrator is not.
true
false
Johnnie and the narrator have difficulty understanding their unborn baby's rating because while 10 means something good, a flag means
the baby has extra physical or learning skills
the baby will be terribly expensive to raise because of its special needs.
the baby will be terminated by the doctor
the baby will be put up for adoption
The difference between a six and an eight, is that
Eights work fewer hours.
Sixes have more access to concerts.
Eights have an extra monitor.
Sixes have to wear uniforms.
In the end, Johnnie decides the baby should die because it will cause too many problems. What happens to Johnnie?
the police arrest him and take him away.
he ironically is executed instead of the baby.
his wife tells him she hates him and asks for a divorce.
In the super short story Answer, what is the answer to the question "Is there a God?"
yes
no
the computer is now the god.
This story is a warning about the dangers of
giving technology too much control over our lives.
space travel.
having an intergalactic language.
Short stories are narratives that feature a wide range of characters.
True
False
Short stories are narratives that feature a wide range of characters.
True
False
The sequence of events or what happens in a story is called...
Character
Setting
Plot
Theme
The problem in a story is called...
Theme
Setting
Conflict
Plot
The setting can be made up of time, place, and also...
the environment around the character.
the theme of the story.
the author's opinion.
the character's thoughts.
In the exposition we are introduced to the main setting, characters, and _____________ in the story.
Theme
Conflict
Climax
Plot
Which part of plot does the tension begin to build due to the conflict beginning to develop?
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
