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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the Narrator's Perspective (POV) of short story, The Scholarship Jacket?
1st Person
3rd Person - Limited to Martha
3rd Person - Omniscient
- 2. Multiple Choice
The letter jacket in the story is given to the person who
is the most popular.
has the highest grades.
has the most powerful parents.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Martha has been raised by her grandparents since she was six because
her grandparents needed help on their farm.
her parents were too poor to raise her.
her parents had died.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why is the scholarship jacket so important to Martha?
She has worked hard to earn it, and she cannot earn one for sports.
Her sister has also earned one.
She wants to show her parents how well she is doing.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why doesn't Martha participate in sports?
She is not agile or athletic.
She would rather do schoolwork and compete academically.
Sports are expensive.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the argument about that Martha overhears?
Mr. Schmidt is angry because students are responsible for the graffiti in the school.
Mr. Schmidt is angry because he heard that Martha was forced to resign her position at the only store in town.
Mr. Schmidt is angry because he is being asked to falsify school records, so the jacket can be given to a less deserving student.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Based on the events, we can INFER that
Mr. Schmidt is an honest man who stands up for the right thing.
Mr. Schmidt is Martha's history teacher.
Mr. Schmidt gave in and changed Martha's grades.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why does the principal say the School Board suddenly started charging $15 for the scholarship jacket?
Mr. Schmidt held his ground and refused to change the girls' grades and insisted that Martha get the jacket.
Joann's father demanded that his daughter get the jacket.
The jacket was more expensive than previous years.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why does Martha speak to her grandfather in Spanish?
He does not know English
She wants to get on his good side before asking him for the $15.
She likes to practice her Spanish whenever she can.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the MAIN IDEA of the short story, The Scholarship Jacket?
Cheaters never win.
Martha has worked hard for 8 years to earn a jacket, but she is disappointed when she finds out it may be awarded to a student with an influential father instead.
Martha is a very bright and hard working girl, who will be the valedictorian of her 8th grade class.
- 11. Multiple Choice
In what way did Martha try to "not make it any easier" for the principal when she was called to the office?
She refused to say anything when he explained the new policy.
She told him he was going to have to talk to her grandfather himself.
She looked him straight in the eye as he told her about the new policy.
She refused to leave the office until he told her why there was a new policy.
- 12. Multiple Choice
The author implies that Mr. Boone
had a strong personal dislike for Martha
knew Martha was not really as intelligent as other people
felt that Joann had more leadership ability
was more concerned about pleasing Joann's father than being fair to Martha
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why did Martha's grandfather say he would not give her the fifteen dollars?
He said they did not have that kind of money.
He thought if she had earned it by getting the highest grades, she shouldn't have to pay for it.
He did not think it was important for Martha to have the jacket.
He wanted to teach Martha that being at the top of the class is not the most important thing.
- 14. Multiple Choice
When did the principal finally decide that Martha would get the jacket?
when Martha said that they would have to give the jacket to Joann
right after Martha told him what her grandfather had said
the day of the graduation
right after his first meeting with Martha
- 15. Multiple Choice
One must be ... to play in professional soccer.
aware
agile
vile
falsifying
- 16. Multiple ChoiceBy grandpa saying that he wouldn't pay for the jacket meansit is not worth the moneya real award should not have to be boughtMartha did not deserve it
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which BEST describes the character of grandpa?
hateful and vengeful
wise, patient, hard working, and kind
unsympathetic and uncaring
narrow minded and prejudiced
- 18. Multiple Choice
Martha's grandparents supported themselves by
running the only store in town
teaching high school
working on their own farm
working as hired labor on other people's farms
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an inference?When you use prior knowledge and textual clues to analyze, or better understand, a story.When you make an educated guess about what will happen in a story based on context clues.
- 20. Multiple Choicedistress caused by trouble or something unexpectedviledismayeavesdropagile
- 21. Multiple Choicedisgusting; unpleasantfalsifydespairviledismay
- 22. Multiple Choice
to lose hope
despair
eavesdrop
vile
agile
- 23. Multiple Choiceto listen secretly to a private conversationdismaydespairfalsifyeavesdrop
- 24. Multiple Choicequick and light in movementagilefalsifyviledespair
- 25. Multiple Choiceto make false by adding to or changingvilefalsifydismayagile
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which word means with great force (with a…)?
vengeance
jurisdiction
falsify
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which word means an accidental occurrence of related events?
eavesdrop
dignity
coincidence
- 28. Multiple Choice
Forgery is when you __________________ someone else’s signature.
fake
falsify
forget
- 29. Multiple Choice
Why did the principal change his mind about giving the jacket to Martha?
He thought Martha needed encouragement.
Martha deserved the jacket and he felt guilty.
Martha told everyone about his conversation with Mr. Schmidt.
- 30. Multiple Choice
Point of view when the character tells the story from his or her perspective and uses "I" and "me"
first-person
second-person
third-person limited
third-person omniscient
- 31. Multiple Choice
Point of view where the narrator shares the thoughts/ feelings of more than one character and uses "he" "she" and/or "they"
first-person
second-person
third-person limited
third-person omniscient
- 32. Multiple Choice
Point of view where the narrator shares only the thoughts/ feelings of one character and uses "he" "she" and/or "they"
first-person
second-person
third-person limited
third-person omniscient
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