1 Oh, the Places You’ll Go! uses what form of narration? First-person Third-person limited Second-person Third-person omniscient 2 According to the narrator, what does the boy need to succeed? Friendship and community A college degree Athleticism His brain and feet 3 All of the following events mark joyous points in the boy’s journey EXCEPT ________ The boy moving the mountain The boy playing games with others The boy racing toward The Waiting Place The boy out-racing others in the hot air balloon 4 What happens after the boy crashes the balloon? He decides to play basketball He lurks in The Waiting Place and decides to stay there permanently He pieces his balloon together and goes racing again He experiences a “Slump” 5 Which piece of imagery connotes freedom and open-ended exploration? The street beyond the archwzy The boy navigating The Waiting Place The boy's town The open patch of land 6 Each of the following statements are accurate descriptions or features of The Waiting Place EXCEPT _______ Most of the residents have accepted their state of inactivity and passivity It doesn’t have many residents The narrator characterizes it as “useless” It is illustrated with a bland, mossy landscape and pitch-black sky 7 What does the narrator call the protagonist? The boy John Christian You 8 Throughout his journey, the boy frequently encounters: His teachers Future versions of himself Waiting Place residents Monsters 9 What does the motif of rightward motion symbolize? Regression Progress Success Community 10 When was Oh, the Places You’ll Go! published? 1990 2010 1957 1972 11 How does the boy end up in The Waiting Place? A group of Waiting Place residents greet the boy and invite him to join them He falls asleep and wakes up there He becomes paralyzed and then manically races toward it He falls into it after crashing his balloon 12 According to the narrator, the boy will find himself _______ a lot. Happy Miserable Apathetic Alone 13 What does the book say about individualism and collectivism? Individualism should predominate in achieving life’s objectives, except in times of immense struggle Individualism and collectivism can coexist It promotes collectivism over individualism It promotes individualism over collectivism 14 After the boy leaves the town, he moves toward ________ His parents’ home The Waiting Place The archway An open patch of land 15 What is the book’s central conflict? Whether the boy will graduate high school Whether the boy will succeed and move forward from life’s challenges Whether the boy will find community Whether the boy will combat his insecurities 16 What is an example of parallelism from the book? The bird’s striking resemblance to the boy The reuse of the same image of the boy smiling and moving toward the right The placement of the boy racing in his balloon at the beginning and ending of the book The boy repeatedly finding himself in The Waiting Place 17 The Waiting Place is an allegory for ________ Stagnancy Religion Life War 18 What does the boy do at the end of the book? Save people from The Waiting Place Pull a mountain Go back to his town Race in a hot-air balloon 19 What does the ball symbolize? A person’s resilience Life's hardships A person’s unique skills Loss of innocence 20 Oh, the Places You’ll Go! is known as a/an ________ The most audacious book in Seuss’s catalog The most mature book in Seuss’s catalog Commercial failure Common graduation gift 21 What is the first major setting in the book? A town A rural area The Waiting Place A mountain 22 What is significant about the alternating rows of birds near the end of the book? Each row alternates between birds facing the right and left It is the most vibrant and striking illustration in the book The birds are the same birds from The Waiting Place Each row features a different threatening creature in addition to the birds 23 Which set of adjectives best describes the book’s tone? Exuberant and optimistic Cynical and ironic Witty and introspective Downbeat and melancholy 24 What is the purpose of the book’s form of narration? It deepens the characterization of the boy It exposes readers to a more objective, straightforward worldview It purposefully contradicts the book’s theme of autonomy It allows readers to see themselves in the boy’s journey 25 Throughout the book, the boy walks ________ Toward the right Toward the left Backwards Sideways
