Me (Moth) Quizzes

Me (Moth) Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Me (Moth)?

Toni Morrison

Amber McBride

Moth

Zadie Smith
2 Who narrates Me (Moth)?

Grandfather

An unnamed narrator

Moth

Amber McBride
3 In what country is Me (Moth) set?

Mexico

France

United States

Canada
4 What is Moth's real name?

Fran

Beth

Zoey

Her parents actually named her Moth
5 Who are Jim and Marcia?

Moth's best friends

Moth's parents

Moth's uncle and aunt

They are not characters in the story
6 What form does Me (Moth) take?

Epic poem

Short story collection

Verse novel

Play
7 Who is the book's protagonist?

Zachary

Grandfather

Moth

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

Simile

Situational irony

Symbolism

Metaphor
9 Where did Moth once consider applying to?

Harvard

UCLA

Stanford

Juilliard
10 Which author did Moth's parents admire?

Frantz Fanon

Shakespeare

Tolstoy

Amber McBride
11 From which work does the name Moth come?

War & Peace

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

Merchant of Venice

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

She never had a brother

Car accident

Surgical accident

Cycling accident
13 How do Moth's parents die?

Train crash

Car accident

Cycling accident

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

Dramatic irony

Simile

Auditory imagery

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

A candy bar

A tank

An airplane

A toothpaste tube
16 Where does Aunt Jack live?

Northern Virginia

New Mexico

New York

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

Ten

Six

Sixty

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

Aunty Marcia

Aunt Jack

Uncle Jim

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

Painkiller abuse

Pot smoking

Heavy drinking

Chain smoking
20 At what age did Moth start ballet?

Five

Fifteen

Twenty

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

Oprah Winfrey

Donna Summers

Misty Copeland

Toni Morrison
22 What won't Aunt Jack talk about after the accident?

Moth's good grades

The accident itself

Grandfather

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

Simile

Metaphor

Situational irony

Verbal irony
24 Which answer best describes Moth's hairstyle?

Shaved head

Green locs

Red locs

Curly bob
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

The bullies are afraid of her

They can't see her because she is a ghost

Everyone at her mostly white school is committed to antiracism

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