Allies

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

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following sentences best describes the importance of D-Day, according to Dee?

A) The German army would finally reclaim Poland.

B) The Allied troops would invade Normandy and push back the German armies.

C) The U.S. would drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and end WWII.

D) The French would finally join the Allies.

2. Which word best describes the mood of the soldiers on Dee’s Higgins boat as it approaches Omaha Beach?

A) Pensive

B) Dismissive

C) Jubilant

D) Carefree

3. Which words best describe Samira’s character?

A) Tentative and cautious

B) Confident and careless

C) Brave and forthright

D) Quiet and musical

4. Which of the following alliterations best describes how Lance Corporal James McKay feels about himself before joining the Canadian army?

A) Poignantly parsimonious

B) Mercifully melancholy

C) Decidedly dowdy

D) Absolutely average

5. What overarching goal unifies the characters in this story?

A) To occupy France

B) To prove their worth to their parents

C) To be a hero

D) To fight a common enemy

6. As James questions Canada’s role in D-Day, Sam says, “‘The best defense is a good offense’” (Chapter 16). Which of the following literary terms does Sam use in this quote?

A) Alliteration

B) Allusion

C) Adage

D) Anaphora

7. Which of the following phrases best describes Dee’s f impression as he lands on Omaha Beach?

A) Organized and streamlined

B) Slow and lethargic

C) Chaotic and morbid

D) Robust and satisfying

8. Amidst the chaos outside their tank, how does Bill try to calm his crewmates down?

A) He provides distraction with historical facts.

B) He shares encouraging words from his church sermons.

C) He sings classic songs from his childhood in Liverpool.

D) He makes jokes about the German soldiers.

9. Which literary device is used most effectively in the following quote?

“Maybe, just maybe, Henry thought, this was a beginning. Maybe serving together, fighting together, living and suffering together, would make white people see black people as equals. Maybe, one day, white Americans and black Americans would eat together in the same restaurants. Maybe one day Henry would sit anywhere he wanted to sit in a movie theater, next to a white person, maybe, on the first floor. And maybe someday, the film they watched together would be a screwball comedy or an action adventure or a creepy monster movie with a black man as the main character, not the main character’s servant or piano player. Maybe one day, the white people of America would judge Henry by something other than the color of his skin.”

A) Alliteration

B) Allusion

C) Anaphora

D) Allegory

10. Which of the following words best describes the Dee’s mood in Chapter 40?

A) Excitement

B) Boredom

C) Fear

D) Hopelessness

11. Which character’s story ends before D-Day is over?

A) Samira

B) Bill

C) Dee

D) Henry

12. Why does Dorothy say that Monique has “no business being a nurse?”

A) Because she is too young

B) Because she is not skilled with the scalpel

C) Because she is blind

D) Because she should be a doctor

13. According to Dee, which of the following words best describes the mood of Bayeux?

A) Morose

B) Jubilant

C) Fearful

D) Dismal

14. Which of the following phrases best summarizes why Chapter 56 is titled “So Far to Go?”

A) Because there are still racist attitudes in the military

B) Because the Allies still need to take Utah beach

C) Because there were more burning churches with French civilians inside

D) Because Germans had just bombed Bayeux

15. Which word best describes how Dee feels when he learns he cannot fight anymore?

A) Relief

B) Anxiety

C) Fear

D) Disappointment

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. How is Greek mythology incorporated throughout the text?

2. Describe the narration style of the novel. Who are the different narrators? Explain the effect of having multiple narrators share different perspectives of the same event.