The War Of The Wall
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This is a brief quiz to check your comprehension of Toni C. Bambera's "The War of the Wall".
- 1.When the narrator and Lou first see the painter, they are
- A.
Curious.
- B.
Friendly.
- C.
Annoyed.
- D.
Embarrassed.
- 2.What does the narrator's mother find especially strange about the painter?
- A.
Her manner of speaking
- B.
Her work style
- C.
Her clothes
- D.
Her eating habits
- 3.Everything in the story leads you to believe that the painter
- A.
Doesn't care about people in the neighborhood.
- B.
Concentrates very hard on her work.
- C.
Wants to win her war with the narrator and Lou.
- D.
Is actually a famous artist.
- 4.What do the narrator, Lou, and the painter have in common?
- A.
Friends in the neighborhood
- B.
A desire to get to know one another
- C.
A love for painting and the arts
- D.
A sadness about Jimmy Lyon's death
- 5.When people fight for liberation, they are fighting for
- A.
Jobs.
- B.
Freedom.
- C.
Wealth.
- 6.When you beckon someone, you usually make a
- A.
Loud noise.
- B.
Funny face.
- C.
Gesture.
- 7.
- A.
The narrator and Lou have a bad attitude toward the Painter lady, internal
- B.
The narrator and Lou have a bad attitude toward the Painter lady, external
- C.
The narrator and Lou think the painter lady is a bad painter and is messing up their wall, internal
- D.
The narrator and Lou think the painter lady is a bad painter and is messing up their wall, external
- 8.
- A.
Lou and the narrator move away and don't have to deal with the painter lady anymore.
- B.
The painter lady was just doing her job to paint a mural, and the boys got over it.
- C.
The painter lady and the boys learned that they both had lost someone important to them, Jimmy, and the mural was a way to celebrate his life.
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