Projekt 1065

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following best describes how Michael feels about supporting his parents’ secret mission?

A) Fearful

B) Proud

C) Apathetic

D) Disenchanted

2. How does Michael feel about not having any friends at school?

A) He is ashamed, because he desperately wants to fit in.

B) He is sad, because he feels lonely and wants to return to Ireland.

C) He does not care, because he has a girlfriend in the neighboring school.

D) He is glad, because he has deliberately chosen not to make any new friends.

3. As Michael begins an exam in his math class, he “attack[s] the test like the French Resistance attacking the occupying Nazi troops, but hoping for better results” (31). Which of the following literary devices does Michael use in this quote?

A) Parallelism anaphora

B) Personification

C) Simile

D) Sarcasm

4. “Then I realized: In Nazi Germany, every weakness was punished. […] Because that’s what Nazi Germany was: the bully who found your most painful wound and poked at it with a stick” (53). Which of the following literary devices does Michael use to characterize Nazi Germany?

A) Irony

B) Personification

C) Simile

D) Alliteration

5. Which of the following words best summarizes how Michael’s parents feel about him helping the British pilot hide?

A) Satisfaction

B) Unease

C) Confusion

D) Rage

6. Simon reveals to Michael that he is afraid of birds. Given Simon’s training as a pilot, which of the following literary terms best describes Simon’s fear?

A) Metaphor

B) Paradox

C) Irony

D) Personification

7. Which of the following words best describes how Simon and Michael handle their cultural differences?

A) Humor

B) Avoidance

C) Awkwardness

D) Scorn

8. Horst selects Michael as Fritz’s boxing opponent. Although Michael tries to go easy on his friend, in the end he wins the match. Which of the following reasons best describes this change of heart?

A) He wants to punish Fritz for humiliating his parents at the previous night’s banquet.

B) He has accepted a bribe from Horst to beat Fritz.

C) He is determined to keep Fritz from being accepted to the SRD.

D) He is reminded of the feelings he had when he was bullied at school in London.

9. Which of the following words best describes Fritz’s demeanor after joining the SRD?

A) Gentle

B) Arrogant

C) Curious

D) Anxious

10. Which of the following best describes how Michael faces his acrophobia?

A) By remembering Simon’s witticisms and advice

B) By focusing on the glory of Ireland

C) By lying to himself and pretending that he is on flat land

D) By researching and reading scientific materials

11. Throughout the novel, Michael repeats the phrase “When you fell down, it was over.” Based on Michael’s experience, which of the following best describes how this phrase applies to the novel as a whole?

A) If someone gives up on their dreams, there is no point in trying anymore.

B) If you don’t get back up after falling down, it is difficult to continue.

C) If you fall down in a fight, the fight is over and your opponent wins.

D) If you fall from a significant height, you will be injured and not able to get back up.

12. In the final scene of the book, Michael looks at Fritz and realizes, “He looked like Hitler’s man-god up here, Zeus standing atop Mount Olympus, a lightning bolt in his hand.” Which of the following literary devices does Michael use in his description of Fritz?

A) Allegory

B) Assonance

C) Allusion

D) Alliteration

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. Describe the novel’s narration style. Who is the narrator? Does the point of view reveal information about the main character’s insights? If so, how?

2. How does the author help readers connect to a character who lives a long time ago in an unfamiliar situation? What kinds of details in the text help you relate to Michael?