Me (Moth) Quizzes

Me (Moth) Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Me (Moth)?

Toni Morrison

Moth

Zadie Smith

Amber McBride
2 Who narrates Me (Moth)?

Grandfather

An unnamed narrator

Moth

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

United States

France

Mexico

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 best friends

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

Short story collection

Play

Epic poem

Verse novel
7 Who is the book's protagonist?

Zachary

Moth

Sani

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

Situational irony

Simile

Metaphor

Symbolism
9 Where did Moth once consider applying to?

Stanford

Juilliard

UCLA

Harvard
10 Which author did Moth's parents admire?

Frantz Fanon

Tolstoy

Shakespeare

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

Merchant of Venice

A Midsummer Night's Dream

War & Peace

It is an original name that makes no allusion to an historical work
12 How does Moth's brother die?

Cycling accident

She never had a brother

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?

Olfactory imagery

Dramatic irony

Auditory imagery

Simile
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?

New York

Florida

New Mexico

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

One

Six

Ten

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

Aunt Jack

Aunt Polly

Aunty Marcia

Uncle Jim
19 What habit does Moth's guardian develop after the accident?

Pot smoking

Chain smoking

Painkiller abuse

Heavy drinking
20 At what age did Moth start ballet?

Twenty

Fifteen

She never did ballet

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

Donna Summers

Toni Morrison

Oprah Winfrey

Misty Copeland
22 What won't Aunt Jack talk about after the accident?

Grandfather

Moth's poor grades

Moth's good grades

The accident itself
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?

Curly bob

Red locs

Shaved head

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

Everyone at her mostly white school is committed to antiracism

She has a large scar on her face

They can't see her because she is a ghost

The bullies are afraid of her

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