Pie Test
You may use your annotations from The Pie to take this quiz.
- 1.
Choose one word that best describes the boy in the story, The Pie, provide textual evidence from this piece to support answer as well as explain yourself in your commentary.
- 2.
In Paragraph 3 " No one saw", suggests that the author is
- A.
Sinful
- B.
Paranoid
- C.
Eager
- D.
Somber
Correct Answer
B. Paranoid -
- 3.
How old was the little boy in the story?
- A.
4
- B.
7
- C.
6
- D.
10
Correct Answer
C. 6 -
- 4.
What type of pie did he steal?
- A.
Peach
- B.
Pecan
- C.
Apple
- D.
Chocolate
Correct Answer
C. Apple -
- 5.
What word best describes the tone in paragraph 8?
- A.
Foreboding
- B.
Numb
- C.
Upset
- D.
Sincere
Correct Answer
A. Foreboding -
- 6.
Why does Soto include the elements of religion in this story?
- A.
To provide background and understanding for the reader
- B.
To make the reader feel guilty for not going to church.
- C.
To use strong diction.
- D.
To provide an understanding of Hispanic Culture.
Correct Answer
A. To provide background and understanding for the reader -
- 7.
Which line below best represents Soto's use of the literary device, repetition?
- A.
"I felt bad not sharing with Cross-Eyed Johnny, a neighbor kid".
- B.
"God howling in the plumbing underneath the house".
- C.
"The best things in life come stolen".
- D.
"I held the pie to my nose and breathed in its sweetness".
Correct Answer
B. "God howling in the plumbing underneath the house". -
- 8.
The point of view in The Pie, helps the reader to infer
- A.
What guilt looks like from the perspective of a little boy.
- B.
What the effects of stealing can be.
- C.
What Sister Marie set out to do.
- D.
What an imagination a child can have.
Correct Answer
A. What guilt looks like from the perspective of a little boy. -
- 9.
Which line best shows his guilty conscience in this passage?
- A.
"Get away, I had answered Cross-Eyed Johnny".
- B.
"My mom, peeling a mountain of potatoes at the Redi-Spud factory, knew".
- C.
"I retrieved it, jogging slowly, I flung it again".
- D.
"The best things in life come stolen".
Correct Answer
D. "The best things in life come stolen". -
- 10.
"Grinning to the bald grocer whose forehead shone with a window of light. " This line best represents Soto's use of what device?
- A.
A simile to contrast the light to the dark
- B.
Imagery to help the reader see how sweaty the man was while working
- C.
Metaphor to compare the light to the dark decision to steal
- D.
Personification to give life to the man's forehead.
Correct Answer
C. Metaphor to compare the light to the dark decision to steal -
- 11.
By having the narrator flashback and retell his story it allows the READER to function as
- A.
A first person informer
- B.
A second story teller
- C.
An informed participant
- D.
Option 4
Correct Answer
C. An informed participant -
- 12.
The reference in the story about Adam and Eve is a what?
- A.
Allusion
- B.
Simile
- C.
Personification
- D.
Option 4
Correct Answer
A. Allusion -
- 13.
The narrator faces a major conflict in The Pie, choose the answer that best represents this struggle.
- A.
His struggle with the outside forces of nature.
- B.
His struggle of hiding his sin from grandma.
- C.
His internal struggle with his choices.
- D.
His external struggle with Cross-Eyed Johnny.
Correct Answer
C. His internal struggle with his choices. -
- 14.
The tone of this story is what?
- A.
Positive
- B.
Neutral
- C.
Negative
- D.
Option 4
Correct Answer
A. Positive -
- 15.
What word best describes the author's tone to this story?
- A.
Guilty
- B.
Shameful
- C.
Reflective
- D.
Option 4
Correct Answer
C. Reflective -
- 16.
"My sweet gleaming and the juice of guilt wetting my underarms" is an example of what?
- A.
Simile
- B.
Personification
- C.
Metaphor
- D.
Option 4
Correct Answer
B. Personification -
- 17.
What is the purpose of the figurative language used in the previous question?
- A.
To show the boy craving and nervous
- B.
To show that he wanted the pie bad
- C.
To show that he was sweating
Correct Answer
A. To show the boy craving and nervous -
- 18.
"The pie tin glared at me and rolled away" is an example of what figurative language and what is the purpose?
- A.
Personification showing the tin rolling away.
- B.
Personification showing his guilt.
- C.
Personification showing he had to squint his eyes as the sun hit the pie tin.
- D.
Option 4
Correct Answer
A. Personification showing the tin rolling away. -
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