“Amigo Brothers” p. 293
Name__________________________
Date __________________ Hour ____
On the line write the letter of the one best answer.
____1. What is the point of the following sentence from “Amigo Brothers”?
Between them, they had a collection of Fight magazines second to none, plus a
scrapbook filled with torn tickets to every boxing match they had every attended, and
some clippings of their own.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Antonio and Felix spend far too much money on Fight magazines.
Antonio and Felix are very interested in boxing.
Antonio and Felix should get a new scrapbook.
Antonio and Felix have been friends for a long time,
____2. What is Felix really saying to Tony in this passage from “Amigo Brothers”?
When we get into the ring it’s gotta be like we never met. We gotta be like two heavy
strangers that want the same thing and only one can have it. You understand, don’tcha!
A.
B.
C.
D.
He wishes they had never met.
After the fight they will be strangers to each other.
After the fight they will no longer be friends.
Each one must fight his best and not think about the friendship.
____3. Which of the following sentences based on “Amigo Brothers” is written from
third-person point of view?
A. If you want a good seat, you’d better get there early.
B. If I had a choice, I’d rather wear sky blue trunks, red socks, and white boxing
shoes than white trunks, black socks, and black shoes.
C. Thinking he saw Felix in a room at the far end of the corridor, Antonio waved to
him.
D. Don’t you feel the excitement in the air during the moments just before a boxing
match.
____4. What does the following passage from “Amigo Brothers” suggest?
Antonio danced in carefully. He knew Felix had the habit of playing possum when hurt,
to sucker an opponent within reach of the powerful bombs he carried in each fist.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Felix is like a possum.
Felix does not fight fair.
Antonio is more graceful than Felix.
Antonio knows Felix’s fighting style very well.
____5. What does this passage from “Amigo Brothers” tell you about the fight?
A right to the head slowed Antonio’s pretty dancing. He answered with his own left at
Felix’s right eye that began puffing up within three seconds.
A.
B.
C.
D.
The two fighters are trying to take it easy on each other.
The two fighters are fairly evenly matched and fighting their best.
The two fighters are afraid of each other.
Antonio is winning.
____6. Which of the statements is written from the first person point of view?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The referee signaled the ring doctor to check the fighters out.
You are much too hurt to continue to fight.
I am determined to win this fight.
We will fight our best and still remain friends.
____7. Which sentence is the best summary of “Amigo Brothers”?
A. Antonio and Felix grew up in the lower east side of Manhattan and lived in the
same tenement building.
B. Antonio and Felix shared a common interest in boxing.
C. Antonio and Felix, though good friends, tried their best to beat each other in a fair
fight.
D. The Golden Glove Championship Tournament brought the community together.
____8. Antonio danced a joy to behold. His left hand was like a piston pumping jabs
one right after another with seeming ease. The type of figurative language used is
A. personification
B. simile
C. onomatopoeia
D. metaphor
____9. Felix had to stay out of the reach of the powerful bombs Antonio carried in his
fist. This passage uses which type of figurative language?
A. personification
B. simile
C. onomatopoeia
D. metaphor
___10. Bong! Bong! Round two, Felix was off his stool and rushed Antonio like a
bull, sending a hard right to his head. What type of figurative language is used in bold
type in this passage?
A. Idiom
B. onomatopoeia
C. metaphor
D. allusion
___11. The author often uses compare and contrast text in this passage
A. to explain the main character’s backgrounds.
B. to inform the reader of who will win the tournament.
C. to show that both fighters are fairly evenly matched and that either could win the
tournament.
D. to explain the difference in both fighters’ fight styles as well as their training for
the tournament.
___12. In order to fight each other, Felix and Antonio decide that each must
A.
B.
C.
D.
force himself to hate the other
never see each other again
think of his best friend as a stranger
give up his own personal goal.
___13. When Felix tells Antonio that he wants to win the fight “fair and square,” he
means that he does not
A.
B.
C.
D.
want Antonio to let him win
like the way Antonio fights
want to go through with the fight
trust Antonio’s trainer
___14. Which of the following aspects of Felix and Antonio is contrasted in the story?
A.
B.
C.
D.
their appearance
their memories of fight statistics
their dedication to working out
their commitment to friendship
___15. Which of the following statements about Felix and Antonio is FALSE?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The boys share a collection of “Fight” magazines.
Neither boy has ever represented his community in a match before.
Felix is a stronger puncher.
Antonio is the better boxer.