7th Grade "On Sidewalk Bleeding" Questions

In "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" Paragraph 3, the sentence "the bubbling of blood between his lips" is an example of ____

• alliteration and imagery

• simile

• metaphor and alliteration

• personification and onomatopoeia

In "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" Paragraph 7: "It's raining so hard you could drown out there." is an example of ____

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

In "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" Paragraph 15: "The knife hated only the purple jacket" is an example of ____

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

• personification

In "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" Paragraph 7: "I love you, Laura. Laura, I think maybe I'm dying. Laura, this is stupid but I think maybe I'm dying. Laura, I think I'm dying." is an example of ____

• simile

• rhyme

• repetition

• personification

In "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" Paragraph 14: "He felt alone, and wet and feverish and chilled." Is a conflict between ____

• Man VS. Man

• Man VS. Nature

• Man VS. Society

The story describes Andy as "ignorant" at the beginning. Why?

• he has joined a gang for no reason
• he does not know he is dying 
• he does not know his girlfriend is planning to leave him
• his is unable to yell out for help

Why is it so important to Andy to remove his jacket?

• He wants to be seen as Andy not some gang member
• The jacket is causing others to fear him
• the jacket is making him bleed more

All of the following pieces of information from the story would be important in a summary of the story except...

• Andy had been stabbed.

• He lifted his cheek from the sidewalk.

• A young couple found him but didn’t go for help.

• Laura found Andy and ran to get help.

The word 'protagonist' is another word for 'main character'. Who is the protagonist of the story?

• Andy

• Laura

• Freddy

What effect does Andy's jacket have on the people who find him in the alley?

• People try to help him because he's a "Royal"

• People are afraid to help because he's a "Royal"

• People want to help him because he's a "Guardian"

• People were afraid to help because he's a "Guardian"