This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > World Literature > French > The Stranger – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Stranger Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The girl jammed the door once she was inside the house. What word could you use to replace jammed in this sentence? A) Hard. B) Slammed. C) Opened. D) Pushed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slammed. 2. In the following quote the author uses the highlighted words to create which literary element?"Evenings in these parts must be a sort of mournful solace. Now, in the full glare of the morning sun, with everything shimmering in the heat haze, there was something inhuman, discouraging, about this landscape." A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Tone. D) Pointof View. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 3. What did Anna and Dave do in Lidney? A) They went to the cinema. B) He bought her a new dress. C) They went to an expensive restaurant. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. One thing that would be ..... would be a dog with green fur. A) Spectacular. B) Timid. C) Peculiar. D) Crazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peculiar. 5. Why did the stranger buy and fix the old house? A) He liked the old house. B) His parents had lived there. C) He wanted to start his own business. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wanted to start his own business. 6. Something that is etched is ..... A) Drawn on a metal plate or glass. B) Stamped. C) Painted on with a brush. D) Glued to a piece of paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drawn on a metal plate or glass. 7. The prices in the shop were A) Fair. B) Cheap. C) Expensive. D) Exagerated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheap. 8. What did Pocahontas tell the Gates' girls? A) That she wanted to go back home. B) That she wanted to run away. C) That she would show them how to read. D) That she would not run away. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That she would not run away. 9. Meursault is very interested in pursuing the Paris job. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Who came to bring Pocahontas a gift at Christmas? A) John Smith. B) Powhatan. C) John Rolfe. D) Mistress Morris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Rolfe. 11. What definition best matches the opposite of the word trembled as it is used below? The leaf trembled in the wind. A) Loud thunder. B) Hiding in fear. C) Holding still. D) Shaking slightly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shaking slightly. 12. Think of me as a friend that just released you from ..... A) Hospital. B) School. C) Prison. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prison. 13. What is a synonym for boring? A) Timid. B) Peculiar. C) Drab. D) Fascinated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drab. 14. Which of the following is a DETAIL (not a main idea) of the story? A) The stranger stares at a group of geese flying south for the winter. B) The story takes place in a farm in what appears to be the not-so-distant past. C) A stranger stays with a family, and unexpected things happen with the weather. D) A stranger causes mysterious events, which shows he is usually somewhere else at that time of year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The stranger stares at a group of geese flying south for the winter. 15. Who are the main characters in The Stranger on the Stairs? A) Tommy and Mr. Spode. B) Becky and Mrs. Turner. C) Brandon and Mrs. Spode. D) Michael and Mr. Turner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brandon and Mrs. Spode. 16. A cone shaped tent of the North American Indians A) Bay. B) Council. C) Wigwam. D) Quiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wigwam. 17. Anna saw a few customers Dave took to the Special Orders room. They were all very different, but they had one thing in common: A) They were all young and attractive. B) They were all women with long dark hair. C) They all left the Special Orders room distressed. D) They all visited the Special Orders room more than once. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They all left the Special Orders room distressed. 18. Engraved; DESIGNED or drawing on a metal plate, or glass. A) Etched. B) Draft. C) Terror. D) Timid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Etched. 19. Our team was ..... of a touchdown. A) Robbed. B) Robed. C) Robeed. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robbed. 20. What does the young man do to try to help the young woman get warm? A) He turns up the heater in the car. B) He gives her his letter jacket. C) He closes the windows of the car. D) He puts his arm around her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He gives her his letter jacket. 21. What is the reason of the stranger for to buy the house? A) He wants to have a house. B) He wants to create a store. C) He dont want to have a house. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants to create a store. 22. What does the word hermit mean in the following sentence? The hermit was startled by the loud city noises and appeared unable to speak. A) A person who loves living in a busy city. B) A type of crab that carries a shell on its back. C) The frog. D) A person who lives alone often far away from a community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A person who lives alone often far away from a community. 23. What is a synonym for spices A) Simmer. B) Beamed. C) Accused. D) Seasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seasoning. 24. Dave Slatin invited Anna to go with him to Manchester for the weekend. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 25. Senhora Silva wanted to add ..... A) Seasoning. B) Cabbage. C) Garlic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seasoning. 26. Where is this novel set? A) New York. B) Algiers. C) Paris. D) Rio de Janeiro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Algiers. 27. When Major Blair told Mrs. Oldknow that Ping was helping Hanno, what did she do? (P36) A) She was angry with Ping and let him not get into the wood again. B) She was sorry for that, and promised that she wouldn't let Ping get inside the wood. C) She was mad with Major Blair and didn't let them get inside the wood again. D) She was angry with Ping and sent him back to the Hostel for Displaced Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was mad with Major Blair and didn't let them get inside the wood again. 28. Who does Meursault run into at the beach? A) Salamano. B) Raymond Sintes. C) Marie Cardona. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marie Cardona. 29. The stranger was interest in the history of the village A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. What was Mrs. Greystone doing at the back before she left? A) She withdrew money from the children's college funds. B) She closed all her accounts. C) She robbed the bank. D) She was applying for a job. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She withdrew money from the children's college funds. 31. Anna left the shop. Where did she go and what did she do? A) She went to her house and spied the young man from her window until he left the town. B) She went behind the shop so she could hear the conversation between Dave and the young man. C) She baked a cake and took a bath for the first time in a long while. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She went behind the shop so she could hear the conversation between Dave and the young man. 32. Spared means ..... A) A special meeting or ritual. B) To be brave or daring. C) To save someone's life. D) An argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To save someone's life. 33. What did the funeral director have on his lapel? A) A name tag. B) Ribbon of the Legion of Honor. C) A flower. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ribbon of the Legion of Honor. 34. A wide inlet of sea or lake A) Reed. B) Council. C) Bay. D) Brew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bay. 35. Where was Rosie when she first saw the stranger child? A) In the living room. B) At the sink. C) In the bedroom. D) In the garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the sink. 36. The suspect tried to ..... the restriction of wearing an ankle monitor; he put aluminum foil around it before he left the house in the hopes that would block signals. A) Inevitable. B) Tangible. C) Surround. D) Inexorable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surround. 37. Not able to produce A) Sprout. B) Crops. C) Barren. D) Hermit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barren. 38. Who sometimes helped Anna at the Comer Shop? A) Peter. B) Dave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peter. 39. "She needed someone to look after her. You earn only a modest salary. And the truth of the matter is, she was happier here." In this sentence, "modest" means: A) Transparent. B) Limited compensation. C) Overcompensated. D) Under compensated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limited compensation. 40. What do you think it meant when the mercury of the doctor's thermometer was stuck at the bottom? A) The stranger damaged it on purpose. B) The Baileys wanted to keep it. C) The temperature was really cold. D) It was already broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The temperature was really cold. 41. Which of the following is a MAIN IDEA (not a detail) of the story? A) The thermometer was stuck at the bottom after the stranger used it. B) The room became cold when the stranger blew on his soup. C) A stranger stays with a family, and unexpected things happen with the weather. D) The stranger did not sweat after working all day with a pitchfork. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A stranger stays with a family, and unexpected things happen with the weather. 42. Putin shows ..... indifference to the suffering of the Ukrainian people. A) Prostrate. B) Aversion. C) Abide by. D) Callous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Callous. 43. Why is Raymond upset with his mistress? A) She broke up with him out of the blue. B) She stole money from him and ran away. C) She didn't really love him like she told him she did. D) He believes she cheated on him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He believes she cheated on him. 44. What happened when the stranger blew on the leaves? A) The leaves fell apart. B) The leaves turned a fall color. C) Nothing happened to the leaves. D) The leaves made a sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The leaves turned a fall color. 45. What does it mean when the author says "The stranger could not take his eyes off the birds" ? A) The Stranger had to make sure the birds were safe. B) The Stranger was fascinated by the birds. C) The Stranger thought something was wrong with the birds. D) The stranger was instructed to look at the birds for hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Stranger was fascinated by the birds. 46. How does the wolf behave in the third paragraph? A) He runs away from Buck, stops, then runs again. B) He snarls at Buck to try and scare him. C) He overtakes Buck then waits for him. D) He starts to fight with Buck, then runs away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He runs away from Buck, stops, then runs again. 47. What might happen to Walter if he continue to skip school? A) They would send him to jail. B) They would pass him onto the next grade so he could graduate. C) They would send him to a juvenile facility. D) They would kick him out of school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They would send him to a juvenile facility. 48. Who was the new shop assistant? A) Peter. B) John. C) Anna. D) Dave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anna. 49. Good things are ..... all the time. A) Happening. B) Happining. C) Opening. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Happening. 50. Why are Isabel and her mom surprised to see a stranger? A) Because they see them all the time. B) They never see anyone new. C) Strangers are nice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They never see anyone new. 51. A person who buys goods or services in a shop. In the story, only special ..... went into the Special Order room. A) Villagers. B) Customers. C) Sellers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Customers. 52. Who is dacre Montgomery A) Idfk. B) Billy. C) Jim. D) Jonathan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Billy. 53. When Greta Gordon came out of the Special Orders Room she was: A) Happy and radiant. B) Sad and pale. C) Silent and thoughtful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sad and pale. 54. Where are the pale faced men from? A) Roxboro. B) New York. C) Clarksville. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 55. Which is the correct meaning of the word peculiar? A) Concentrated. B) Unusual. C) Special. D) Amazing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unusual. 56. Greta Gordon held Anna's hands. What did Anna notice about Greta Gordon's fingers? A) Her hands were extremely cold. B) One of the lace gloves was ripped and the other unbuttoned. C) The diamond rings were gone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The diamond rings were gone. 57. Mersault kept shooting the guy on the beach even after he was ..... on the sand. A) Callous. B) Prostrate. C) Taciturn. D) Vexation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prostrate. 58. ..... fierce beast belie their fierceness ..... (paragraph 4) This could be written as A) Wild animals behave as if they are injured. B) Frightening animals behave as if they are frightened. C) Aggressive animals behave as if they are gentle. D) Angry animals behave as if they are happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aggressive animals behave as if they are gentle. 59. What did Janey deny when Mr. Hammond asked her about it? A) Being tired. B) Being ill. C) Being hungry. D) Being late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being ill. 60. How many days does he ask off of work for the funeral? A) Three day. B) Two days. C) One day. 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