Selection Test
Winter Dreams
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Comprehension (25 pts.; 5 pts. ea.)
On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
______ 1. Dexter Green can best be described as
a. ambitious and full of desires
b. judgmental and comical
c. courageous and helpful
d. honest and trustworthy
______ 2. What is Dexter’s eventual attitude toward Judy Jone’s flirtations with men?
a. Dexter is outraged that Judy flirts with men.
b. Dexter often criticizes Judy for flirting with men.
c. Dexter enjoys watching Judy flirt with men.
d. Dexter does not condemn Judy for flirting with men.
______ 3. What happens to Judy and Dexter’s engagement?
a. Dexter breaks off the engagement.
b. Dexter never intended to marry Judy.
c. Judy breaks off the engagement.
d. Judy discovers Dexter is married.
______ 4. At the end of the story, Devlin tells Dexter that
a. Judy’s husband does not treat her well
b. Judy and her husband are divorced
c. Judy still dates a number of men
d. Judy cannot stand her husband
______ 5. Which of the following word pairs describes Judy?
a. sensitive and compassionate
c. uneducated and poor
b. confident and condescending
d. sophisticated and kind
Reading Skills and Strategies
On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
Drawing Inferences About Characters (10pts.; 5 pts. ea.)
______ 6. Which of the following actions shows Dexter is spellbound by Judy?
a. He cuts in on Judy at a dance.
b. He becomes engaged to Irene Scheerer.
c. He gets back together with Judy in spite of his engagement.
d. He joins the Army instead of going to New York.
______ 7. On Dexter’s return to the golf course as a golfer, what do his actions suggest about his feelings?
a. He is uncomfortable with his newly privileged position.
b. Proud and arrogant, he looks down on the caddies.
c. He wishes he had learned the course better in his youth.
d. He has gone golfing in the hope of impressing Judy.
Understanding Paradoxes (10pts.; 5 pts. ea.)
______ 8. Why is it paradoxical that Judy’s smile has “no root in mirth, or even amusement”?
a. Her smile is an invitation to be kissed.
b. She smiles at the chicken livers and at Dexter.
c. Smiles usually indicate happiness.
d. Her smile is an indication of her boredom.
______ 9. Why is it paradoxical that Judy calls everyone “darling”?
a. She truly cares for no one.
b. She can’t remember anyone’s name.
c. She is trying to irritate Irene.
d. She knows it annoys men.
Literary Elements: Motivation (20 pts.; 10 pts. ea.)
On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
______ 10. What is Dexter’s motivation for pursuing Judy?
a. He wants to work for her father.
b. He perceives her as being a symbol of “the best”.
c. He is the only man she is interested in.
d. She seems shy and lonely.
______ 11. What is Judy’s possible motivation for asking Dexter to marry her?
a. She is deeply in love with Dexter and wants to start a family.
b. She had a quarrel with Irene and wants revenge.
c. She is attracted to men who seem inaccessible or challenging.
d. She is jealous of Irene and passionately in love with Dexter.
Vocabulary (20 pts.; 2 pts. ea.)
Match the definition on the left with the Word to Own on the right. Write the letter of the Word to Own on the
line provided.
_______ 12. joyfulness
a. reserve
_______ 13. variance; difference
b. turbulence
_______ 14. irregular behavior
c. malicious
_______ 15. celebration
d. plaintive
_______ 16. feeling of alarm or agitation
e. petulance
_______ 17. intentionally hurtful
f. elation
_______ 18. expressing sadness
g. ludicrous
_______ 19. self-restraint
h. divergence
_______ 20. irritability; impatience
i. mirth
_______ 21. laughable; absurd
j. perturbation
Written Response (15 pts.)
20. In the space provided, complete the following statement. Then, give at least two examples or ideas from the
story to support the statement.
At the end of the story, tears stream down Dexter’s face because . . .