Me (Moth) Quizzes

Me (Moth) Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Me (Moth)?

Zadie Smith

Amber McBride

Toni Morrison

Moth
2 Who narrates Me (Moth)?

Amber McBride

Grandfather

Moth

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

Mexico

United States

Canada

France
4 What is Moth's real name?

Her parents actually named her Moth

Zoey

Fran

Beth
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?

Play

Epic poem

Short story collection

Verse novel
7 Who is the book's protagonist?

Zachary

Sani

Moth

Grandfather
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?

Juilliard

Stanford

UCLA

Harvard
10 Which author did Moth's parents admire?

Shakespeare

Amber McBride

Tolstoy

Frantz Fanon
11 From which work does the name Moth come?

Merchant of Venice

War & Peace

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

A Midsummer Night's Dream
12 How does Moth's brother die?

She never had a brother

Cycling accident

Surgical accident

Car accident
13 How do Moth's parents die?

Cycling accident

Car accident

Train crash

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

Auditory imagery

Dramatic irony

Simile

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

A toothpaste tube

An airplane

A tank

A candy bar
16 Where does Aunt Jack live?

Florida

Northern Virginia

New York

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

Six

Ten

One

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

Aunty Marcia

Uncle Jim

Aunt Polly

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

Chain smoking

Pot smoking

Heavy drinking

Painkiller abuse
20 At what age did Moth start ballet?

Five

Twenty

She never did ballet

Fifteen
21 What famous figure does Moth sometimes compare herself to?

Oprah Winfrey

Misty Copeland

Toni Morrison

Donna Summers
22 What won't Aunt Jack talk about after the accident?

The accident itself

Moth's poor grades

Grandfather

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

Verbal irony

Simile

Situational irony

Metaphor
24 Which answer best describes Moth's hairstyle?

Curly bob

Shaved head

Green locs

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

They can't see her because she is a ghost

She has a large scar on her face

The bullies are afraid of her

Everyone at her mostly white school is committed to antiracism

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