Name: __________________
Date: _________________
Eleven and Short Story Element Quiz
Section 1: Multiple choice (10 points each)
1. How old is the main character in the story?
a. 9
b. 10
c. 11
d. 12
2. Who is the first to say that the sweater belongs to Rachel?
a. Mrs. Price
b. Rachel
c. Sylvia Saldivar
d. Phyllis Lopez
3. What does Mrs. Price do that makes Rachel embarrassed and cry?
a. Carry the sweater around
b. Write her name on the sweater tag
c. Put the sweater on
d. Use the sweater as a hat
4. What is Mrs. Price teaching during the sweater incident?
a. English
b. Social Studies
c. Math
d. Sea World Adventure Parks
5. Who does the sweater actually belong to?
a. Sylvia Saldivar
b. Phyllis Lopez
c. Mrs. Price
d. Mrs. Harris
Section 2: Fill in the Blank (4 points each)
1. Only today I wish I didn’t have only eleven years rattling inside me like pennies in a tin _________________ box.
2. It’s an ugly sweater with red plastic buttons and a collar and sleeves all stretched out like you could use it for a _______________.
3. That’s what I tell Mama when she’s sad and needs to cry. Maybe she’s feeling ______________.
4. When I put one arm through one sleeve of the sweater, which smells like _______________, and then the other arm through the other.
5. I wish I was anything but eleven because I want today to be far away already, far away like a runaway _____________.
Section 3: Read the following short story Rumpelstiltskin and write down the elements of the short story (5 points each)
1. Main characters- list three traits of each character
2. Setting-
3. Plot-
4. Conflict-
5. Climax-
6. Ending-
Bonus Questions:
1. What does Rumpelstiltskin want?
2. What country is this story from?