The Hockey Sweater
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 1195
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Extra credit quiz on the short story The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier.
Questions and Answers
- 1.What did the mother order via catalogue?
- A.
Hockey gloves
- B.
A Montreal Canadians Sweater
- C.
A Toronto Maple Leafs Sweater
- D.
A Hockey Stick
- 2.The main character wept when he received his new sweater.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.The mother wrote a letter to Monsier Eaton explaining the mix up.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.All of the popular boys wore a jersey with the number 99 on it.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.A player was hit with a stick and had a nose bleed in the story.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.The hockey hero worshipped by the boys was Maurice Richard.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.What did the main character break at the hockey game?
- A.
His tooth
- B.
His leg
- C.
His hockey stick
- D.
His skate
- 8.Who appeared before the player and ordered him to church?
- A.
Jesus
- B.
Maurice Richard
- C.
The coach
- D.
The priest (or vicar)
- E.
His mother
- 9.At the end of the story, what did he boy pray for?
- A.
That moths would eat his sweater
- B.
A new sweater
- C.
A new hockey stick
- D.
A win in the big hockey game
- 10.The mother said, "It's not what you put on your back that matters, it's what you put inside your head." One of the themes of this piece is:
- A.
Always choose good over evil
- B.
Treat others the way you wish to be treated
- C.
What is important is who you are on the inside, not how you appear
- D.
You get what you give
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