Seventh Grade

theme

100

What is the main theme of the story?

It is better to be yourself than to pretend to be someone else

200

What does Victor do at the end of the story?

Checks out 3 French books in the library.

300

What does Michael do that he thinks will make him look cool?

SCOWL

400

Where did Michael read that it was cool to scowl at girls?

In a GQ magazine that his brother had.

500

What do you think Victor was thinking as he had to go the library to learn French for trying to impress Teresa.

Answers vary

Random

100

What is a literary device that makes a comparison using "like or as"

simile

200

What is a literary device that makes a comparison without using "like or as"

metaphor

300

What is personification?

I give human qualities to animals and objects

400

What is the setting of the story?

Victor's middle school

500

DOUBLE POINTS!
This is the author of Seventh Grade

Gary Soto

conflicts

100

Victor is in love with her, but hasn't told her.

Teresa

200

He and Victor disagree on how to impress girls.

Michael

300

He begs this teacher to not reveal to Teresa that he cannot speak French.

Mr. Bueller

400

He is the main character of the story.

Victor

500

DOUBLE POINTS

This is the city and state the story is set in.

Fresno, CA

vocabulary

100

This means to be serious and frown.

SCOWL

200

This word means nervous or unsure.

Anxious

300

This means "doing without thinking".

AUTOMATICALLY

400

This word means "all at the same time"

Unison

500

This word means "serious and intense".

Conviction

Random

100

What is Victor's goal for his 7th grade year?

To make Teresa his girlfriend.

200

He and Michael do this to earn money to buy their school clothes.

Work- pick grapes

300

Teresa asks Victor to help her with this.

Her French

400

He kept Victor's secret in French class.

Mr. Bueller

500

The last line of the story shows Victor deciding this.

That he was going to like Seventh grade after all.