Test– “President Cleveland, Where Are You?”   Answer T for true statements and F for false statements. 

_______1.  This story takes place while Grover Cleveland is president.

_______2.  Jerry comes from a large family.

_______3.  Jerry comes from a wealthy family.

_______4.  This story is told from the first person point of view.

_______5.  Jerry and his friends collect baseball cards.

_______6.  Jerry longs to win a new baseball glove.

_______7.  Jerry feels resentful toward his brother Armand.

_______8.  Armand has fallen in love.

_______9.  Jerry sells the Grover Cleveland card to Rollie Tremaine.

_______10. Jerry makes a sacrifice for his brother.

 Choose the letter of the best answer to each question. 

11.  Jerry, the narrator, says, “there were only thirty-two Presidents, including President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.”  This clue tells you about

a.  the setting      b.  the characterization      c.  the mood       d.  the theme

12.  The person who collects a complete set of President cards first will receive a

a.  baseball cap              b.  pair of shoes           c.  bicycle     d.  baseball glove

13.  Jerry is able to secure the game-winning card by

a.  trading with his friends  b.  buying it from his brother                                      c.  going to another part of town  d.  buying it from Mr. Lemire

14.  Jerry sells the card for five dollars so he can

a.  buy a baseball glove b.  give the money to his brother                                     c.  buy a tie for his father    d.  pay off a loan

15.  In this story, Jerry is characterized as all of the following EXCEPT

a.  mean               b.  selfish            c.  generous       d.  envious

16.  The cowboys are described as “rock-faced men with eyes of blue steel.”  This is an example of

a.  alliteration     b.  metaphor         c.  simile      d.  personification

17.  Jerry and his brother Armand have all of the following in common EXCEPT

a.  sharing the same interests   b.  looking up to their father                               c.  being obsessed by a particular interest   d.  losing their part-time job

18.  Jerry says that his brother’s new dignity “was fractured now and then when his voice began shooting off in all directions like some kind of vocal fireworks.”  This is an example of

a.  alliteration     b.  metaphor        c.  simile          d.  personification

19.  The tone of this story can best be described as

a.  sarcastic         b.  happy          c.  despairing      d.  nostalgic

20.  When Roger, Jerry’s best friend, learns that Jerry is the one who bought the last card, he shows that he is

a.  unforgiving         b.  jealous            c.  loyal             d.  humorous

  For each word in the left column, select the best definition in the right column and place the letter in the blank to the left of the word.

________21.  Parochial                   a.  angry at something unfair

________22.  Indifferent              b.  the main idea of a story; general statement

________23.  Skirmish                 c.  having or showing interest or attention

________24.  Placard                       d.  poster

________25.  Divulge                e.  the emotional quality of a story to the reader

________26.  Contempt                    f.  has its own church and clergymen

________27.  Obsess                        g.  to make known or tell openly, reveal

________28.  Compassion                h.  scorn, despair, disdain

________29.  Indignant                        i.  attention kept to an unhealthy extent

________30.  Incredulous                  j.  slight conflict, argument, or contest

________31.  Foreshadowing                k.  sympathy, pity

________32.  Conflict                      l.  not ready to believe, doubting, skeptical

________33.  Tone    m.  an interruption in the story to tell past events

________34.  Characterization          n.  the intention of the author

________35.  Flashback    o. speech that equates seemingly unlike things

________36.  Irony                        p.  the relationship of the narrator to the story

________37.  Them                        q.  a comparison that uses “like” or “as”

________38.  Mood         r.  developing the personalities of the characters

________39.  Simile        s.  a contrast between reality and what seems real

________40.  Author’s Purpose  t.  expresses the author’s feelings on a topic

________41.  Point of View   u. clues to prepare the reader for the ending

________42.  Metaphor           v.  the struggle between two forces