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The Schwa Was Here Final Test
By Rebecca Nguyen
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Question 1
1.
A comparison using "like" or "as"
B . Simile
A . Subplot
D . Theme
C . Foreshadowing
Question 2
2.
[The Schwa's] head kept bobbling. "My mother ran away with the BUTCHER?"
What part of the story is this?
A . Exposition
B . Rising Action
C . Climax
D . Falling Action
Question 3
3.
Place the parts of a story in the proper order (top to bottom = beginning to end of a story):
Rising Action
Resolution
Exposition
Climax
Falling Action
Question 4
4.
When an object represents an idea
A . Symbolism
B . Subplot
C . Exposition
D. Dynamic
Question 5
5.
Part of the story where the conflicts are introduced and build:
A . Exposition
B . Rising Action
C . Climax
D . Falling Action
Question 6
6.
A lesson about life
A . Symbolism
C . Forshadowing
D . Theme
B . Allusion
Question 7
7.
A side issue that the characters face
D . Metaphor
A . Theme
B . Subplot
C . Foreshadowing
Question 8
8.
The moment we discover how the conflict is resolved. Usually the most intense scene of a story.
A . Exposition
B . Climax
C . Falling Action
D . Resolution
Question 9
9.
"Clipped to the letter was a photo of the Schwa and his mom on a tropical beach."
This is an example of what part of the story?
A . Exposition
B . Climax
C . Falling Action
D . Resolution
Question 10
10.
The author's use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a story.
D . Simile
C . Metaphor
A . Foreshadowing
B . Symbolism
Question 11
11.
Events immediately following the climax.
A . Exposition
B . Rising Action
C . Falling Action
D . Resolution
Question 12
12.
The part of the story where we are introduced to the setting and characters:
A . Exposition
B . Rising Action
C . Climax
D . Falling Action
Question 13
13.
Result of the events of the falling action.
A . Exposition
B . Rising Action
C . Climax
D . Resolution
Question 14
14.
"I started to feel this weird vertigo, like I had suddenly sprouted far beyond Howie and Ira."
This is where Antsy is starting to realize that he has become more mature than his old friends and separating from them.
This an example of:
D . Allusion
B . Simile
A . Subplot
C . Metaphor
Question 15
15.
"I was moved from dog walking to babysitting for some Veruca Salt-ish little girl."
Antsy is referencing a character from
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
when describing Lexi. This is called a/an:
A . Forshadowing
D . Allusion
B . Theme
C . Subplot
Question 16
16.
"As [the Schwa's] manager...I was suddenly being treated with respect."
Antsy was starting to realize that he liked the attention he was getting by selling the Schwa's abilities.
This is from which part of the story:
A . Rising Action
B . Climax
C . Falling Action
D . Resolution
Question 17
17.
"Life is LIKE a bad haircut. At first, it looks awful, but then you kind of get used to it..."
This is an example of a/an
B . Metaphor
C . Simile
A . Allusion
D . Foreshadowing
Question 18
18.
"That day I must have put up maybe a hundred Schwas all over Brooklyn..."
This is from which part of the story:
A . Exposition
B . Rising Action
C . Climax
D . Falling Action
Question 19
19.
A direct comparison of two things that have a common trait is a/an...
A . Theme
B . Foreshadowing
C . Metaphor
D . Simile
Question 20
20.
Antsy introduces his friends with these details: "Ira Goldfarb, a cinematic genius and Howie Bogerton, whose one goal in life was to not have any."
What part of the story are we introduced to the characters?
A . Exposition
B . Rising Action
C . Falling Action
D . Resolution
Question 21
21.
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
A . Allusion
B . Foreshadowing
C . Theme
D . Subplot
Question 22
22.
"You see this amazing girl, but she's not as perfect as you think. This girl is truth."
Antsy
compares
how the Schwa had to face the truth to seeing a pretty girl. This is an example of:
B . Static Character
A . Exposition
C . Rising Action
D . Metaphor
Question 23
23.
Paperclips are an example of a/an...
C . Simile
B . Symbol
A . Rising Action
D . Allusion
Question 24
24.
"For a few seconds...I wished the Schwa would really disappear. Later I'd feel real guilty about that."
This is an example of:
B . Simile
C . Metaphor
A . Foreshadowing
D . Symbolism
Question 25
25.