"Eleven" - Test Review

"Your past does not define you. It helps to shape you" would be the __________________ of the story.

• Pesrpective

• Theme

• Genre

• Tone

The red sweater is symbolic of...

• Rachel's happiness

• Rachel's hope

• Rachel's unhapiness

• Rachel's dishonesty

In the story, Rachel says ¨There will be candles and presents and everybody will sing happy birthday, happy birthday to you, Rachel, only it´s too late.¨

What does Rachel mean by the underlined words in red?

• She feels too sad to invite her classmates to her party

• Her birthday is already ruined so her party won´t matter

• Her party won´t be a surprise because she already knows about it

• Her party will probably take place too late at night

¨and when you wake up on your eleventh birthday you expect to feel eleven, but you don´t¨. This quote from the story is an example of _________________.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Irony

Which quote is an example of ¨hyperbole¨?

• ¨It´s maybe a thousand years old and even if it belonged to me I wouldn´t say so¨

• ¨I even move my chair a little to the right¨

• ¨It´s hanging over the edge like a waterfall¨

• ¨Ï put one arm through one sleeve of the sweater but it smells like cottage cheese¨

In the story Rachel suggests that when someone feels sad or scared they ...

• feel like hiding.

• feel like an adult.

• feel like a child.

• feel like a teenager.

When Mrs. Price makes Rachel put on the red sweater, Rachel feels ______________________.

• Benevolent

• Disappointed

• Humiliated

• Enraged

The author uses a large amount of figurative language and descriptive details. She does this to...

• give the story a happy feeling as Rachel is going through her day.

• warn the reader that they should not believe Rachel.

• help the reader truly see how Rachel is feeling.

• add suspense to the story.

In the story Rachel says ¨But when the sick feeling goes away and I open my eyes; the red sweater is still sitting there like a big red mountain.¨

What does Rachel mean when she says this?

• That the sweater is greatly important to her.

• The sweater reminds her of hiking a mountain.

• That this is problem that she won´t get over until she can deal with it.

• The sweater is way to large and wont fit her.

Rachel says that she looks at herself as being ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one. What does this say about Rachel?

• She knows birthdays are happy occasions every single year.

• She is daydreaming in class.

• Each year makes up a part of who she is.

• She is making excuses for her childish behavior.