Vocabulary
Motivation
Plot
Character-ization
Literary Techniques
100

Which group of words are related to the emotion of hopelessness?

  1. Dissipate, lackadaisical, mundane

  1. Frenzy, meticulous, nervous

  1. Outburst, outcry, stomp

  1. Joke, sneer, scoff

  1. Annihilation, devoid, rejected

5. Annihilation, devoid, rejected

100

X is motivated by:

    Motivated by fear

    Wants to destroy humanity

    Normally avoids the topic of racism

    Wants to reveal human characteristics

    Wants to destroy humanity

    Wants to reveal human characteristics

100

Where does the story take place?

Full credit:

Crenshaw, LA in California

1/2 Point:

You wrote 1 - 2 of the above answers.

100

Which characterization is true about X?

a. he is wearing gloves

b. he is wearing a cape

c. he is wearing a red mask

d. he is wearing a baseball hat

a. he is wearing gloves

100

What literary technique is used in this quote:

"Syrita watches as his gloved fingers hook into the seam of his mas, readying to pull it over is head" (Paragraph 4).

a. simile

b. metaphor

c. personification

d. characterization

d. characterization

200

Which group of words are related to the emotion of boredom?

  1. Dissipate, lackadaisical, mundane

  1. Frenzy, meticulous, nervous

  1. Outburst, outcry, stomp

  1. Joke, sneer, scoff

  1. Annihilation, devoid, rejected


  1. Dissipate, lackadaisical, mundane

200

In paragraph 114, why does X’s mother make her wish?

    She wants him to be the most powerful person on earth.

    She wants to protect him from gun violence.

    She wants him to save her from dying.

    She wants him to be unique.

    She wants to protect him from gun violence.

200

Why did the world send Syrita to talk to X?

She was the first person he saved.

200

Syrita is from:

a. Calabasas, CA

b. Beverly Hills, CA

c. Pasadena, CA

d. Crenshaw, CA

b. Beverly Hills, CA

200

What literary technique is used in this quote:

"A few months after he saved Syrita, X sent a note to the Los Angeles Times telling that his name was not Superman. It was X." (Paragraph 29).

a. simile

b. internal conflict

c. personification

d. external conflict

b. internal conflict

300

Rewrite this sentence to sound like a teenager:


Don't be distraught.

Don't be upset.

OR

Don't be sad.

300

In paragraph 57, why does Syrita ask what changed for X?

    She is curious about how long he has been a superhero.

    She thinks that talking might persuade him to reveal his race. 

    She wants to be prepared so that she will not become one of his victims.

    She needs to know his thinking so she can convince him not to destroy humanity

    She needs to know his thinking so she can convince him not to destroy humanity

300

What does X's apartment remind Syrita of?


Her little brother's room.

300

What can the reader infer about Syrita when she sees where X lives?

    She is thinking that X has human qualities. 

    She is wondering if X has a younger brother.

    She is thinking that X needs to move away. 

    She is wondering if X likes to live among people.

    She is thinking that X has human qualities.

300

What literary technique is used in this quote:

"At first it was nothing: X didn't show up to a particularly devastating apartment building fire downtown" (Paragraph 32).

a. foreshadowing

b. internal conflict

c. personification

d. external conflict

a. foreshadowing

400

What phrase is the best context clue for impervious in paragraph 69:

 endless hours of coverage

 middle of every fight.

 bad guys always shoot at him 

 but never make it past his skin.

 but never make it past his skin.

400

Syrita is motivated by:

    Motivated by fear

    Wants to destroy humanity

    Normally avoids the topic of racism

    Wants to reveal human characteristics

    Motivated by fear

    Normally avoids the topic of racism

400

Which excerpt from the story best shows why X takes Syrita to the roof?

     In the distance, palm trees are still. (paragraph 89)

    “You fly up high enough, everybody looks the same.” (paragraph 93)

    Now he turns away from the ledge and walks back toward her. (paragraph 94)

    “Even the air is different.” (paragraph 94)

    “You fly up high enough, everybody looks the same.” (paragraph 93)

400

Read this quote:

"Now, X makes a show of checking out her clothes. 'You rich?' he asks" (Paragraph 49).


How does this quote create tension between the two characters?

This creates tension because it shows both characters are from different economic backgrounds.

400

What literary technique is used in this quote:

"She pulls her shaking hands off the table and clasps them in her lap" (Paragraph 40).

a. foreshadowing

b. characterization

c. personification

d. external conflict

b. characterization

500

Which two phrases from paragraph 26 help the reader understand the meaning of the
word pundit?

    Black Superman

    American news outlets

    on CNN

    African American

    race discussion

    American news outlets

    on CNN

500

What is Syrita’s motivation for falling backward off the roof?

    She knows the president’s security team is set up to catch her.

    She thinks that X is going to start his destruction of humanity by killing her.

    She rejects the idea that X has given up on using his superpowers to help people.

    She is afraid of the way X may destroy humanity and jumps before it can happen.

    She rejects the idea that X has given up on using his superpowers to help people.

500

Which action by X develops the theme of the struggle between self-identity and perception by others?

    He sends a note to the newspaper to explain which name he prefers.

    He invites someone to convince him not to destroy humanity.

    He saves Syrita from an oncoming vehicle during a car chase.

    He smirks at Syrita beneath his mask during their discussion. 

    He sends a note to the newspaper to explain which name he prefers.

500

Read this quote:

"She wants what he's saying to not be true even as she knows it is true" (Paragraph 101).


How does this quote create tension between the two characters?

This creates tension because Syrita is having difficulty accepting that a cop committed a racist and violent act against X. This denies his reality.

500

What literary technique is used in this quote:

"The morning's fog hasn't yet dissipated, and the pale yellow sun is hazy and indistinct, like its struggling to come into focus" (Paragraph 89).

a. setting

b. characterization

c. personification

d. external conflict

a. setting

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