Nineteen Minutes

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which plot scenario represents Josie’s attempts to fit in with the popular crowd at school?

A) She shares her lunch with Peter on the first day of kindergarten.

B) She pretends that Peter is an idiot for sending the email.

C) She gets in trouble for fighting with Peter’s bullies.

D) She trips Drew during lunch.

2. Which descriptor best fits Lacy’s reaction to discovering that Peter is the shooter?

A) Shock

B) Outrage

C) Elation

D) Relief

3. Which of the following is the strongest example of Appearance Versus Reality in the book?

A) Patrick’s relationship with Alex

B) Josie’s relationship with Matt

C) Lacy’s relationship with Alex 

D) Peter’s relationship with Lewis

4. How is Lewis teaching Peter how to clean and handle a gun an example of foreshadowing?

A) Peter becomes better at handling guns and hunting than his older brother, Joey.

B) Peter develops a video game based on “Deer Hunt.”

C) Peter cannot stand the sight and smell of blood.

D) Peter uses the same guns to carry out a mass shooting later on.

5. What do the robes of Alex’s judge symbolize?

A) Power, authority, and the responsibility to be fair and impartial

B) The struggle between work and motherhood

C) Alex’s inability to remain unbiased in Peter’s trial

D) The importance of ambition and determination

6. Why is Peter breaking his cellmate’s glasses ironic?