Question

1. In "First Confession," Grandmother's gift of a penny to Nora most likely indicates that
A. She is stringy and mean-hearted
B. The story takes place many years ago.
C. The family is experiencing difficult times.
D. Nora is a kind child.

2. In "First Confession," Gran is best described as a
A. Flat character
B. Round character
C. Stock character
D. Antagonist

Answer 1

3. In "First Confession," all of the following situations contribute to the humor created in the story by transforming a familiar event into a comical scene except

A. Jackie hiding under the table to avoid eating dinner
B. Nora physically throwing Jackie through the front door of the church
C. Jackie climbing up onto the shelf within the confessional
D. The priest taking Jackie for a walk after he makes his first confession

4. Which of the following is a phrase fragment
A. Since the weather forecast is beautiful this weekend.
B. Let's ask our parents if we can go tubing.
C. Did you just say that
D. A great dog, that's what we have!

Answer 2

I think the first one is B and the second is A.

Answer 3

3=D. 4=B

Answer 4

Wait, 4=A

Answer 5

I thought the first one was D because, Jackie didn't get any pennies because he was rude and mean to Gran. Also I thought the second once was D because, Gran was Jackie's enemy and he disliked her a lot. He also plotted a whole thing to kill her.

Answer 6

I think you should go with your answer because I haven't read the book a long time ago.

Answer 7

I agree for number 3 and 4 though.

Answer 8

I was going to go with my answers, but I'm never sure if they're correct or not.

Answer 9

Ok let me go on Sparknotes..

Answer 10

There is no Sparknotes, I am just going to go to some kind of analysis. Don't worry I will help and find the correct answer for you!

Answer 11

If you google first confession by frank o'connor the first thing that pops up is a PDF file. That is the story, I didn't read it all just skimmed it, it looks very very similar to the one in my book.

Answer 12

Ok

Answer 13

1 is D

Answer 14

2: I don't think it is D because antagonist means a bad person. Just because she didn't give your pennies doesn't mean she was a bad person.

Answer 15

The antagonist is Nora.

Answer 16

Ah, I must have gotten them messed up. So do you think it's B still though for number 2?

Answer 17

Let me look up what they mean.

Answer 18

2 is A

Answer 19

Does flat mean doesn't change?

Answer 20

A round character is fully developed so that the reader has a good picture of their looks and personality.

Answer 21

Okay, so the answers are 1. D 2. A 3. D 4. A?

Answer 22

I still am not quite sure on 2, but the rest are correct.

Answer 23

Okay thank you :)

Answer 24

No problem! :)

Answer 25

I saw this on someone' prezi," Jackie's family, grandmother, and Mrs. Ryan are the flat characters. They did not change much through out the story. " so I assume that grandma is a flat character.