Vocab
What is the meaning of clamor?
(a) A silent thought
(b) An increase
(c) A noisy outburst
(d) Possibilities
(C) A noisy outburst
Who left the family?
(a) The mother
(b) Richard
(c) The father
(d) The little brother
(C) The father
What did the mother give her son to protect himself on the streets of Memphis?
(a) A ball
(b) A stick
(c) A gun
(d) A book
(B) A stick
What is the genre of the story?
a) autobiography
b) fiction
c) biography
d) short story
a) autobiography
What literary device is this " I began to wake up at night to find hunger standing at my beside"
a) metaphor
b) personification
c) idiom
d)hyperbole
b) personification
What is the meaning of retaliate?
(a) Attack in return
(b) Show of kindness
(c) To fill
(d) To fall
(A) Attack in return
Who is the antagonist of the story?
(a) Richard
(b) The gang of boys
(c) The mother
(d) The small brother
(B) The gang of boys
What work did the mother do?
(a) A Cook
(b) A Gardner
(c) A waiter
(d) A cashier
(A) A Cook
What is the reason the family is having no food?
a) father dies
b) poverty
c) mom can't find work
d) the father abandons the family
d) the father abandons the family
What figurative language is this " llet the stick fly"
a) imagery
b) personification
c) simile
d) hyperbole
a) imagery
What is the meaning of stark?
(a) Incomplete
(b) Extreme
(c) clear
(d) Complete
(B) Extreme
Who is the protagonist of the story?
(a) The father
(b) The gang of boys
(c) Richard
(d) The mother
(C) Richard
What did the mother leave with Richard and the brother when she left for work?
(a) Cheese and bread
(b) Water and bread
(c) A loaf of bread and a pot of tea
(d) Chicken and rice
(C) A loaf of bread and a pot of tea
Why does wright have to depend on himself?
a) he is old enough
b) his mother is at work and he is being alone.
c) he wants to depend on himself while his father is at work.
d) he thinks that he is being useless depending on his parents.
b) his mother is at work and he is being alone.
What figurative language is used here "I was proud: I felt like a grownup"
a) metaphor
b) personification
c) hyperbole
d) simile
d) simile
What is the meaning of flay?
(a) To give a shy glance
(b) Run
(c) Jump
(d) To whip
(D) To whip
Who made Richard learn to become responsible and stand up for himself?
(a) The father
(b) The mother
(c) Richard himself
(d) The little brother
(B) The mother
What did Richard feel when his mother told him that he will be shopping for food?
(a) Angry
(b) Like a child
(c) Selfish
(d) Like a grown up
(D) like a grown up
What type of character is wright's mom?
a) static
b) dynamic
c) static ant the beginning and dynamic at the end.
d) dynamic at the beginning and static at the end.
c) static ant the beginning and dynamic at the end.
What figurative language is used here "The boys scattered, yelling, nursing their heads"
a) imagery
b) symbolism
c) hyperbole
d) allusion
a) imagery
What is the antonym of dispirited?
(a) Dejected
(b) selfish
(c) Enthusiastic
(d) Crooked
(C) Enthusiastic
Wright’s mother is very...
(a) Odd
(b) Weak
(c) Tough
(d) gentle
(C) Tough
What is the climax of the story?
(a) The bullies beat Wright up.
(b) The mother makes Wright choose to fight bullies or her.
(c) Wright flays the bullies.
(d) Wright has won the rights to the streets of Memphis.
(B) The mother makes Wright choose to fight bullies or her.
The stick the mother gives the son can be a symbol for...
a) bravery and self confidence
b) bravery
c) self-confidence
d) depending on self
a) bravery and self confidence
What figurative language is used here " The night I won the Right to the street of Memphis".
a) idiom
b) hyperbole
c) symbolism
d) allusion
c) symbolism