Me (Moth) Quizzes

Me (Moth) Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Me (Moth)?

Toni Morrison

Amber McBride

Moth

Zadie Smith
2 Who narrates Me (Moth)?

Amber McBride

Grandfather

Moth

An unnamed narrator
3 In what country is Me (Moth) set?

Mexico

France

United States

Canada
4 What is Moth's real name?

Her parents actually named her Moth

Fran

Beth

Zoey
5 Who are Jim and Marcia?

They are not characters in the story

Moth's uncle and aunt

Moth's parents

Moth's best friends
6 What form does Me (Moth) take?

Verse novel

Play

Short story collection

Epic poem
7 Who is the book's protagonist?

Grandfather

Sani

Zachary

Moth
8 "Names hang to your bones like forever suits" is an example of what literary device?

Metaphor

Symbolism

Situational irony

Simile
9 Where did Moth once consider applying to?

Stanford

Juilliard

UCLA

Harvard
10 Which author did Moth's parents admire?

Frantz Fanon

Amber McBride

Tolstoy

Shakespeare
11 From which work does the name Moth come?

It is an original name that makes no allusion to an historical work

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Merchant of Venice

War & Peace
12 How does Moth's brother die?

Surgical accident

Car accident

She never had a brother

Cycling accident
13 How do Moth's parents die?

Train crash

Cycling accident

Car accident

None of these
14 “Figures in white, smelling like formaldehyde & alcohol wipes," is an example of what literary device?

Dramatic irony

Olfactory imagery

Auditory imagery

Simile
15 What does Moth repeatedly compare her family's broken-in-half-car to?

A tank

An airplane

A toothpaste tube

A candy bar
16 Where does Aunt Jack live?

Northern Virginia

Florida

New Mexico

New York
17 How many Black kids does Moth say are at her new school?

One

Sixty

Ten

Six
18 Who does Moth go to live with after her family's deaths?

Uncle Jim

Aunt Jack

Aunty Marcia

Aunt Polly
19 What habit does Moth's guardian develop after the accident?

Heavy drinking

Painkiller abuse

Pot smoking

Chain smoking
20 At what age did Moth start ballet?

Fifteen

Twenty

Five

She never did ballet
21 What famous figure does Moth sometimes compare herself to?

Misty Copeland

Toni Morrison

Donna Summers

Oprah Winfrey
22 What won't Aunt Jack talk about after the accident?

The accident itself

Grandfather

Moth's good grades

Moth's poor grades
23 "Be silent as a sea horse" is an example of what literary device?

Situational irony

Simile

Verbal irony

Metaphor
24 Which answer best describes Moth's hairstyle?

Red locs

Green locs

Curly bob

Shaved head
25 At the beginning of the novel, what is Moth's guess for why no one bullies her?

She has a large scar on her face

Everyone at her mostly white school is committed to antiracism

They can't see her because she is a ghost

The bullies are afraid of her

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