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- 1. Multiple Choice
What aspect of Dave’s personality most affects the plot of the story?
He wants to fit in.
He likes to work out.
He likes to go to parties.
He wants to be an athlete.
- 2. Multiple Choice
2 What change in Dave leads to the story’s resolution?
He starts going to parties.
He starts wearing nice clothes.
He stops caring what people think.
He stops doing nice things for others.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing?
The author compares Dave’s layers of clothing to a male girdle.
The author explains why Dave was given a nickname by his friends.
The author hints that Dave will start wearing more and more clothing.
The author reveals Dave’s activities during Dave’s holiday break from school.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which scene creates a feeling of suspense for the reader?
Dave feels anxious as he talks to the girl at the party.
Dave accidentally wears two shirts under his rugby shirt.
Dave constantly weighs himself to see if he is getting any bigger.
Dave starts doing pushups and curling free weights in the evenings.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which detail shows that this piece of literature is an example of realistic fiction?
The story includes a clear conflict and resolution.
The story includes elements that could happen in everyday life.
The story includes dialogue between main and minor characters.
The story includes a lesson that can be applied to the lives of the readers.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of these elements helps identify this selection as realistic fiction?
The main character with an internal conflict
The first-person point of view
The recognizable setting
The positive ending
- 7. Multiple Choice
Read this sentence about the story:
His layers of clothing makes him sweat.
What change needs to be made in this sentence?
Change makes to make
Change layers to layer
Change clothing to clothings
No change needs to be made.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Read this sentence about the story:
The kids at school tease the narrator about his weight.
What change should be made in this sentence?
Change tease to teases
Change kids to kid
Change narrator to narrators
No change should be made.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What are the most important parts of “Heartbeat”? For questions 9-12, you will label the events in the order in which they happened. The first event will be labeled 1, and the last event will be labeled 4.
Which of the following events happened FIRST?
Dave decides to start wearing layers of clothing.
Dave spends the fall and winter working out every night.
Dave realizes it’s better just to be himself.
Dave feels bad about the nickname his friends give him.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What are the most important parts of “Heartbeat”? For questions 9-12, you will label the events in the order in which they happened. The first event will be labeled 1, and the last event will be labeled 4.
Which of the following events happened SECOND?
- Dave decides to start wearing layers of clothing.
- Dave spends the fall and winter working out every night.
- Dave realizes it’s better just to be himself.
- Dave feels bad about the nickname his friends give him.
Dave decides to start wearing layers of clothing.
Dave spends the fall and winter working out every night.
Dave realizes it’s better just to be himself.
Dave feels bad about the nickname his friends give him.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What are the most important parts of “Heartbeat”? For questions 9-12, you will label the events in the order in which they happened. The first event will be labeled 1, and the last event will be labeled 4.
Which of the following events happened THIRD?
- Dave decides to start wearing layers of clothing.
- Dave spends the fall and winter working out every night.
- Dave realizes it’s better just to be himself.
- Dave feels bad about the nickname his friends give him.
Dave decides to start wearing layers of clothing.
Dave spends the fall and winter working out every night.
Dave realizes it’s better just to be himself.
Dave feels bad about the nickname his friends give him.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What are the most important parts of “Heartbeat”? For questions 9-12, you will label the events in the order in which they happened. The first event will be labeled 1, and the last event will be labeled 4.
Which of the following events happened FOURTH?
- Dave decides to start wearing layers of clothing.
- Dave spends the fall and winter working out every night.
- Dave realizes it’s better just to be himself.
- Dave feels bad about the nickname his friends give him.
Dave decides to start wearing layers of clothing.
Dave spends the fall and winter working out every night.
Dave realizes it’s better just to be himself.
Dave feels bad about the nickname his friends give him.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Mark the box with the correct label of figurative language or literal language for the selection below:
Everyone assumes I’m a weakling . . .
Figurative language
Literal language
- 14. Multiple Choice
Mark the box with the correct label of figurative language or literal language for the selection below:
I got ridiculously strong and defined . . .
Figurative language
Literal language
- 15. Multiple Choice
Mark the box with the correct label of figurative language or literal language for the selection below:
. . . I’m like a sieve . . .
Figurative language
Literal language
- 16. Multiple Choice
Mark the box with the correct label of figurative language or literal language for the selection below:
. . . smushing my lungs together like a male girdle.
Figurative language
Literal language
- 17. Multiple Choice
Mark the box with the correct label of figurative language or literal language for the selection below:
I took this as a sign.
Figurative language
Literal language
- 18. Multiple Choice
How did Dave change by the end of the story.
Dave starts the story with a high self-esteem and ends with a low self-esteem.
Dave went from accepting himself in the beginning of the story, to wishing he was different in the end.
Dave went from wishing he was different in the beginning of the story, to accepting himself in the end.
Dave never changed how he felt about himself throughout the story.
- 19. Multiple Choice
How does the setting contribute to Dave’s conflict in the story?
The story takes place partly in a school, which is a place where kids are affected by what their peers think.
The story takes place partly in a doctor's office, which is a place where his weight might be seen as unhealthy.
The story takes place partly at Dave's home, which is a place where he feels very judged.
The story takes place partly in a basement, which is a place where you have to wear many layers of clothing.
- 20. Multiple Choice
When we cleaned up after the party, we were _________ with the smell of the trash bags.
delirious
futile
repulsed
moot
- 21. Multiple Choice
He knows that he has a slow ____________ because he was gaining weight.
moot
futile
metabolism
repulse
- 22. Multiple Choice
It would not be ___________for a baseball team to practice catching.
moot
futile
repulse
metabolism
- 23. Multiple Choice
I would probably be _____________ if I had a fever.
futile
moot
delirious
metabolism
- 24. Multiple Choice
It is ____________to try to be on time when you are you woke up an hour late.
moot
futile
delirious
repulse
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