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Author's Use of Characterization Test (With Audio)

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10 questions

Instructions

Directions: Read the story Eleven in your kiterature book (pgs. 200-203). When you are finished reading the story, answering questions 1-10.

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Question 9

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Lines 75- 82 the story states, I'm eleven and it's my birthday today and I'm crying like I'm three in front of everybody. I put my head down on the desk and bury my face in my stupid clown-sweater arms. My face all hot and spit coming out of my mouth because I can't stop the little animal noises from coming out of me, until there aren't any more tears left in my eyes, and it's just my body shaking like when you have the hiccups, and my whole head hurts like when you drink milk too fast.

From this section of the text, what can the reader infer about the narrator?

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In lines 51-55 the text states, But when the sick feeling goes away and I open my eyes, the red sweater's still sitting there like a big red mountain. I move the red sweater to the corner of my desk with my ruler. I move my pencil and books and eraser as far from it as possible. I even move my chair a little to the right.

Why does the narrator move everything from the red sweater?

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Question 10

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The narrator thought, "Today I wish I was one hundred and two
instead of eleven because if I was one hundred and two I'd have known
what to say when Mrs. Price put the red sweater on my desk. I would've
known how to tell her it wasn't mine instead of just sitting there with that
look on my face and nothing coming out of my mouth."

Why did the author include the narrator's thought in this scene?

A. The author wanted the reader to know that the narrator was speaking up for herself.

B. The author wanted the reader to know  the narrator was excited Mrs. Price putting the red sweater on the narrator's desk.

C. The author wanted the reader to know that narrator was too timid, or lack the courage, to tell Mrs. Price the sweater wasn't hers.

D. The author wanted the reader to know that the narrator was furious, or very angry, that Mrs. Price put the sweater on her desk.

On line 32, the narrator describes the red sweater as "...an ugly sweater with red, plastic buttons and a collar and sleeves all stretched out like yopu could use it for a jump rope."

The narrator's description of the red sweater leads the reader to infer that

A. the narrator likes the red sweater.

B. the narrator dislikes the red sweater.

C. the narrator doesn't care about the red sweater at all. 

D. the narrator believes somebody in need could really use the red sweater.

Why did the author include the following dialogue in line 40?

"That's not, I don't, you're not...Not mine," I finally say in a little voice that was maybe me when I was four.

A. The author wanted  to demonstrate how confident the narrator was to stand up for herself.

B. The author wanted  to demonstrate how much the narrator disliked the teacher.

C. The author wanted  to demonstrate how articulate, or able to express oneself clearly, the narrator was in the story.

D. The author wanted  to demonstrate how nervous the narator was to speak up.

The red sentences in Question #5 are an example of which method of characterization?

A. Physical Appearance

B. Thoughts, Speech, and Actions

C. Other Character's Reactions

D. Narrator's Direct Comments

In lines 60-63 the story states, "Now, Rachel, that's enough," because she sees I've shoved the red sweater to the tippy-tip corner of my desk and it's hanging
all over the edge like a waterfall...

The teacher's dialogue supports the idea that 

A. the teacher is becoming frustrated with  the narrator Rachel's refusal to take the sweater.

B. the teacher is beginning to realize the sweater isn't Rachel's.

C. the teacher is starting to realize that she is becoming too upset about the sweater.

D. the teacher is starting to realize that she should take the sweater to the school's Lost and Found area.

The red sentences in Question #7 are an example of which method of characterization?

A. Physical Appearance

B. Thoughts, Speech, and Actions

C. Other Character's Reactions

D. Narrator's Direct Comments

The red sentences in Question #9 are examples of which method of characterization? (Select all that apply)

A. Physical Appearance

B. Thoughts, Speech, and Actions

C. Other Character's Reactions

D. Narrator's Direct Comments