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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which internal conflict does the narrator have?
He wants to stay with his mother, but he also wants to see the country.
He wants to be tough, but he also wants to appear sensitive.
He wants to follow his mother’s instructions, but also please his new master.
He wants to learn how to bark, but he doesn’t want to annoy his new master.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is a narrator?
The person running for government office
The person reading a story
The person writing a story
The person telling a story
- 3. Multiple Choice
In which Point of View is The Mixer written?
1st person
3rd person objective
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does the Shy Man do for a living?
bartender
policeman
robber
salesman
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning or significance of the story's title? (The Mixer)
The narrator gets mixed ideas about things
The narrator likes to stir up trouble.
The narrator likes to play with other puppies.
The narrator likes to socialize with people.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why did the narrator get “walloped”?
He didn’t listen to his mother.
He barked.
He had an accident on the rug.
He hit Bill.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which character trait BEST fits the narrator?
bossy
manipulative
loyal
shy
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which is the climax of the story?
The narrator meets the Shy Man, and goes to the country.
The Shy Man is captured by the police, and goes to jail.
The narrator gets a new master, and forgets about the Shy Man.
The narrator gets a new master, and is able to please him by alerting him to an intruder.
- 9. Multiple Choice
“I just sat and moped.” What does “moped” mean?
to be excited
to be scared
to be shy
to be gloomy
- 10. Multiple Choice
“And we walked on, and went in the dark hallway, and climbed about a million stairs, and went into a room that smelled of rats.”
What is being emphasized with the hyperbole in this sentence?
how they walked
the amount of stairs they climbed
the room they went into
who was in the room
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who was helping the Shy Man plan a robbery?
Fred
Fred's father
Blackie
Bill
- 12. Multiple Choice
Where does the story take place?
England
Ireland
Denmark
Italy
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which character traits do most people use to describe the narrator?
self-confident, but ignorant
ugly, but good natured
intelligent and caring
uncooperative and inattentive
- 14. Multiple Choice
What motivated the narrator to stop barking?
the advice of his mother
the need to please his master
the chance to run away
the opportunity to get more food
- 15. Multiple Choice
What motivated the Shy Man to teach the narrator to stop barking?
greed
generosity
hatred
charity
- 16. Multiple Choice
What didn’t the narrator understand?
that the Shy Man was robbing the house of Fred’s father
that he was going to be sold to the Shy Man
that the Shy Man lived with Bill
that his mother tried to teach him life lessons
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which detail from the story shows that the narrator is unreliable?
Most people don't think Blackie is a good looking dog
He takes his new master's criminal behavior as shyness
He takes too long to learn new things
He doesn't listen to his mother's advice on the ABC of a dog's education
- 18. Multiple Choice
Who was the Shy Man trying to rob?
Fred's father, who was the caretaker of a large house
Fred, because he knew he brought money from the bar
The owner of the public house
Bill
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following demonstrates irony?
Blackie is confused between his mom's teachings and the Shy Man's
Blackie gets attached to the Shy Man even though he doesn't treat him well
Blackie is a sweet dog but also ugly
Blackie is excited about going off into the real world
- 20. Multiple Choice
Where did the Shy Man hide after the narrator introduced him to Fred?
In the basement of the house
In the garage
In the closet
In the branches of a tree
- 21. Multiple Choicehaving a friendly, pleasant manneramiablemonologueimpulsemorbid
- 22. Multiple Choicehit or beat something very hardmopearchingirritablywallop
- 23. Multiple Choice
a place, such as a bar, that is allowed to sell alcoholic beverages
bloke
wallop
public house
mope
- 24. Multiple Choice
an excessive amount of something, such as food or drink
surfeit
criticize
peevish
bloke
- 25. Multiple Choice
to tell someone what you think is wrong with them
amiable
public house
criticize
walloped
- 26. Multiple ChoiceChoose the two words that best complete the sentence.
During the exposition, it is important to introduce the ________ and the ________.characters, settingcharacters, falling actionclimax, conflictconflict, resolution - 27. Multiple ChoiceThe expositionhappens at the beginning of a storyhappens at the middle of a storyhappens at the end of a storyis another name for climax
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?climaxrising actionfalling actionresolution - 29. Multiple ChoiceThe story's time and place istoneplotsettingvoice
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich part of the story is represented by this blue blob?expositionrising actionfalling actionresolution
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