Seventh Grade
Who is the main character in "Seventh Grade"
Victor
Who is the main character in the story?
Zebra
Who is the first-person narrator in "The Scholarship Jacket"?
Martha
Complete the sentence:
The fish began to _____ when they pulled it out of the water.
Mama thinks the painter lady's reason for painting the was is to
draw attention to her art.
Why does Victor take French?
To impress Teresa
What do you learn about Zebra because of the character Andrea?
He always feels gloomy.
Mr. Schmidt believes Martha should get the jacket because she _____.
has the highest grades
When Antonio and Felix realize they must fight each other, ______.
They feel a barrier rising between them
What is the first reaction of the narrator and Lou when they see the painter lady at the wall?
They tell her to go away and leave their wall alone.
Victor embarrasses himself in French class by
pretending to know French
When Andrea tells Zebra that he is "becoming a pleasant life form," she means he is
The story takes place in a
small Texas school
In order to fight each other, Felix and Antonio decide that each must
Think of his best friend as a stranger
Everyone is impressed by the mural wall because
They realize the painter is paying tribute to them.
What is the conflict in "Seventh Grade"?
Victor want to impress Teresa, but he doesn't know how.
At the end of the story, what does John Wilson do with Zebra's drawing?
Keeps it in a collection of gifts
Martha cries into her pillow so her grandmother does not hear her. Why might she have wanted to conceal her feelings?
She doesn't want her grandmother to worry
When Felix tells Antonio that he wants to win the fight "fair and square," he means he does not
want Antonio to let him win.
Why does the painter include portraits of local people along with famous African American heroes?
This is her way of showing how she feels about her cousin's friends
What is the duration of "Seventh Grade"?
One school day
Complete the sentence with a vocabulary word
The teacher was a strict ______.
disciplinarian
What inference can you make about Martha from the way she describes herself?
She believes that she is intelligent, but not particularly beautiful.
Complete the sentence:
There was a _____ of rain outside, so I decided to stay indoors
torrent
What is a theme of the story?
Art helps make life more pleasant.