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One Thousand Dollars by O. Henry

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How does the story, One Thousand Dollars start?
a)
At the country club with Old Bryson
b)
At the uncle's house
c)
At the lawyers' office 
d)
Young Gillian's home
2.
How much was the uncle (Old Gillian) worth?
a)
$1 Million
b)
$5,000
c)
$500,000
d)
$50,000
3.
What question does Young Gillian ask to multiple people?
a)
What would you do with $1,000?
b)
Why only $1,000?
c)
Do you think my uncle was playing some kind of joke?
d)
Wouldn't $50 be more sensible from my uncle?
4.
Describe the tone of Young Gillian when he learned he only inherited $1,000.
a)
Contrite
b)
Somber 
c)
Thrilled
d)
Annoyed 
5.
What does the blind man show Young Gillian?
a)
His checkbook.
b)
A pencil.
c)
Directions to the horse races. 
d)
How to enter the lawyers office. 
6.
What was Ms. Lotta Lauriere's response to Young Gillian's question: What would you do with $1,000?
a)
Open a s'loon
b)
Buy a diamond necklace 
c)
Buy a happy home.
d)
Buy an prestigious painting. 
7.
What does Young Gillian decide to do with the 1,000?
a)
Spend it on bets with Old Bryson
b)
Buy a bracelet for Ms. Lotta Lauriere 
c)
Give it to Ms. Hayden 
d)
Paying Mr. Tolman for his services. 
8.
How does Young Gillian feel about Ms. Hayden?
a)
He feel like he owes her for taking care of his uncle for so long. 
b)
He rejects her love for Ms. Lotta Lauriere 
c)
He is grateful that she raised him for so many years. 
d)
He loves her, but she rejects him.
9.
Old Bryson suggests to Young Gillian to spend the money on a diamond bracelet for Ms. Lotta Lauriere. True/False
a)
True 
b)
False
10.
Young Gillian is portrayed in the story as 
a)
covetous 
b)
ravenous 
c)
precarious 
d)
infantile
11.
What was the one rule of Young Gillian receiving the $1,000?
a)
He had to pay taxes on it.
b)
He had to donate it to a local hospital.
c)
He has to account for his spending.
d)
He had to share with Ms. Hayden
12.
Bobby's last name is
a)
Gillian
b)
Septimus
c)
Bryson
d)
Lauriere
13.
The setting is
a)
1900 New York City
b)
1920 Chicago
c)
1850 Boston
d)
1920 Harlem
14.
At the time of the story, $1000 would be equal to about how much today?
a)
$1,000,000
b)
$20,000
c)
$1000
d)
$0
15.
What did Bobby's uncle's servants get?
a)
$1000 each.
b)
$10 and a seal ring each.
c)
Nothing.
d)
$50,000 to share.
16.
What did Old Bryson suggest Bobby do with the money?
a)
buy milk for 100 babies
b)
travel the world
c)
save it
d)
buy a pendant for a woman
17.
What would the blind pencil vendor do with $1000?
a)
save it
b)
buy a saloon
c)
buy a sheep ranch
d)
buy jewelry
18.

What would the cab driver do with $1000?

a)

save it

b)

bet for a horse race

c)

invest

d)

join a country club

19.
What did Bobby's uncle do with most of his fortune?
a)
left it to Miss Hayden
b)
wasted it
c)
left it to medical research and charity
d)
gave it to his lawyers
20.

Who are the lawyers?

a)

Hayden and Bryson

b)

Tolman and Sharp

c)

Septimus and Gillian

d)

Hughes and Coleman

21.
Why does Bobby visit Miss Lotta Lauriere?
a)
He loves her.
b)
She is the kind of woman society expects him to be paired with.
c)
She is his sister.
d)
He feels sorry for her.
22.
What does Bobby tell the lawyers he did with the one thousand dollars?
a)
He tells them he gave it to Miss Hayden.
b)
He tells them he spent it on a pendant for Miss Lotta Lauriere.
c)
He tells them he donated it to a cab driver.
d)
He tells them he gambled and lost it.
23.
Telling Bobby to go buy a sheep ranch is his way of telling Bobby
a)
to go find himself a wife.
b)
to go away and leave him alone.
c)
to literally go buy a sheep ranch.
d)
to give the money to Old Bryson.
24.
The climax of "One Thousand Dollars" is
a)
Bobby giving the $1000 to Miss Hayden.
b)
Bobby telling Miss Hayden that he loves her.
c)
Bobby ripping up the piece of paper.
d)
The lawyers shaking their heads at Bobby.
25.
Which of the following is true, based on the story?
a)
Money means different things to different people.
b)
Money doesn't mean anything.
c)
Money means everything.
d)
Nobody really needs money.
26.

Young Gillian was never good at accounts

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Old Bryson was calm and sixty and sequestered

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Gillan`s uncle was like a :

a)

angel

b)

father

c)

fairy godmother

29.

Who is Miss Hayden?

a)

a ward of the uncle

b)

a wife of the uncle

c)

a friend of the uncle

30.

Bryson advises Gillan to buy Miss Lotta Lauriere a diamond pendant with the money.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Gillian discovered that the blind man

a)

had no money.

b)

had $1,785 in the bank.

c)

could really see.

32.

The plot is the order of events in a story. What happened last in the plot of the story?

a)

Gilliam visited Lotta Lauriere.

b)

Gillian ripped the envelope into pieces.

c)

Miss Hayden gave Gillian a pen and paper.

33.

Which group of words best characterizes Gillian?

a)

cheerful, amusing, happy-go-lucky

b)

serious, sad, poor

c)

selfish, thoughtless, angry

34.

The writer's style is the special way s/he uses language. How a writer arranges words and sentences helps to create that writer's style. Which statement best decribes O. Henry's style of writing?

a)

There is no humor in his stories.

b)

His stories are long and difficult to understand.

c)

His stories have surprise endings.

35.

Miss Hayden was a ward of Uncle Septimus. As used in this sentence, the word ward means:

a)

a section in a hospital

b)

a part of a jail

c)

a person who is under the care of another

36.

What would have happened to the fifty thousand dollars if Lawyer Tolman had opened and read the note?

(a)  

37.

What characteristics apply to Robert Gillian in "One Thousand Dollars" by O. Henry?  

4 lines
38.

the power or authority to make use of as one chooses

a)

disposal

b)

amendment

c)

presumptive

d)

render

39.

not important, not significant

a)

impertinent

b)

inconsequential

c)

presumptive

d)

disposal

40.

having a list that breaks down something into its individual parts

a)

amendment

b)

carolled

c)

itemizing

d)

render

41.

thinking something has occurred

a)

precarious

b)

presumptive

c)

disposal

d)

hostile

42.

openly unfriendly

a)

hostile

b)

inflict

c)

genially

d)

impertinent

43.

a minor change or addition designed to improve a document

a)

disposal

b)

amendment

c)

render

d)

sequestered

44.

isolated or hidden away

a)

precarious

b)

carolled

c)

sequestered

d)

amendment

45.

to provide or give

a)

render

b)

hostile

c)

disposal

d)

itemizing

46.

causing confusion or perplexity

a)

confoundingly

b)

carolled

c)

itemizing

d)

render

47.

In “One Thousand Dollars,” how does Gillian respond to his $1,000 inheritance?

a)

He is angry that his uncle did not leave him more money.

b)

He finds it an awkward amount of money to have to spend.

c)

He is overjoyed that his uncle left him such a large sum of money.

d)

He knows that if he spends it wisely, he will receive much more money.

48.

In “One Thousand Dollars,” Old Bryson’s reaction to Gillian suggests that

a)

some of Gillian’s acquaintances like him only because he is wealthy.

b)

many of Gillian’s acquaintances will be jealous of his inheritance.

c)

most of Gillian’s acquaintances want what is best for him.

d)

some of Gillian’s acquaintances find him immature and unlikable.

49.

In “One Thousand Dollars,” which word best describes Lotta Lauriere’s response to Gillian?

a)

dismissive

b)

affectionate

c)

hostile

d)

puzzled

50.

Which best describes the point of view of the narrator in “One Thousand Dollars”?

a)

first-person

b)

omniscient third-person

c)

limited third-person

d)

naive first-person

51.

Which definition gives the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? "You must give us an account of exactly how you have spent this thousand dollars."

a)

n. a written record of an event - possibly a list

b)

v. to tell another person about an event

52.

Which definition gives the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? "I thought that your late Uncle Septimus Gillian was worth something like half a million dollars."

a)

adj. not on time

b)

adj. deceased, no longer living

53.

Which definition gives the meaning of the underlined words in the following sentence? "I will do it in spite of the extra expense it will cause me."

a)

n. a written record of a deceased wishes

b)

v. auxiliary verb used to indicate the future

54.

Which definition gives the BEST meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? "Mr. Gilliam, there was a codicil--an addition to your uncle's will."

a)

something new

b)

a change

c)

an addition

d)

a retraction

55.

What did Miss Hayden OFFICIALLY RECEIVE FROM the WILL?

a)

$51,000

b)

$50,010

c)

$50,000

d)

$1,000

56.

What characteristics of Gillian was revealed through Old Bryson?

a)

indecisive

b)

materialistic

c)

wise

d)

frugal

57.

What characteristics of Gillian was revealed through Lota Lurriere?

a)

trustworthy

b)

happy-go-lucky

c)

materialistic

d)

demure

58.

What characteristic of Gillian was revealed through the cabby?

a)

wise in investing

b)

good at saving

c)

can't decide

d)

want luxury

59.

What characteristic of Gillian was revealed through the pencil seller?

a)

frugal

b)

indecisive

c)

materialistic

d)

hostile

60.

What characteristic of Gillian was revealed through Lawyer Tolman?

a)

hostile

b)

materialistic

c)

happy-go-lucky

d)

demure

61.

What is the purpose of Gillian’s uncle in giving him $1000 and required to itemize his expenditures? Did it serve its purpose? Write a paragraph describing how Robert Gillian’s character reveals aspects of himself throughout the story?

4 lines
62.

Did your perception of Gillian’s character change throughout the story? Think about the facts stated by the lawyers, how Miss Laurier and Miss Hayden speak to him, and how Old Bryson treats him.

4 lines
63.

Gillian gives away his chance at $50,000 (1.5M USD today!) at the end of the story, would you do the same? If not, what would be the best way to spend the thousand dollars, in your opinion?

4 lines
64.

What is the message of “One Thousand Dollars?” What did you learn from the story? Do you think each people you meet has something to do with your growth into maturity? Explain your answer. 

4 lines
65.

What is the main theme of the story? Explain your answer with enough evidence.

4 lines

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