Oh, The Places You’ll Go Quizzes

Oh, The Places You'll Go Quiz

1 Oh, the Places You’ll Go! uses what form of narration?
Second-person

Third-person limited

First-person

Third-person omniscient
2 According to the narrator, what does the boy need to succeed?
His brain and feet

Friendship and community

Athleticism

A college degree
3 All of the following events mark joyous points in the boy’s journey EXCEPT ________
The boy out-racing others in the hot air balloon

The boy moving the mountain

The boy playing games with others

The boy racing toward The Waiting Place
4 What happens after the boy crashes the balloon?
He experiences a “Slump”

He lurks in The Waiting Place and decides to stay there permanently

He decides to play basketball

He pieces his balloon together and goes racing again
5 Which piece of imagery connotes freedom and open-ended exploration?
The boy's town

The street beyond the archwzy

The boy navigating The Waiting Place

The open patch of land
6 Each of the following statements are accurate descriptions or features of The Waiting Place EXCEPT _______
The narrator characterizes it as “useless”

Most of the residents have accepted their state of inactivity and passivity

It doesn’t have many residents

It is illustrated with a bland, mossy landscape and pitch-black sky
7 What does the narrator call the protagonist?
Christian

You

John

The boy
8 Throughout his journey, the boy frequently encounters:
His teachers

Waiting Place residents

Future versions of himself

Monsters
9 What does the motif of rightward motion symbolize?
Success

Community

Regression

Progress
10 When was Oh, the Places You’ll Go! published?
1972

1990

1957

2010
11 How does the boy end up in The Waiting Place?
A group of Waiting Place residents greet the boy and invite him to join them

He falls into it after crashing his balloon

He becomes paralyzed and then manically races toward it

He falls asleep and wakes up there
12 According to the narrator, the boy will find himself _______ a lot.
Happy

Alone

Apathetic

Miserable
13 What does the book say about individualism and collectivism?
Individualism should predominate in achieving life’s objectives, except in times of immense struggle

It promotes collectivism over individualism

It promotes individualism over collectivism

Individualism and collectivism can coexist
14 After the boy leaves the town, he moves toward ________
The Waiting Place

An open patch of land

His parents’ home

The archway
15 What is the book’s central conflict?
Whether the boy will find community

Whether the boy will combat his insecurities

Whether the boy will succeed and move forward from life’s challenges

Whether the boy will graduate high school
16 What is an example of parallelism from the book?
The reuse of the same image of the boy smiling and moving toward the right

The bird’s striking resemblance to the boy

The placement of the boy racing in his balloon at the beginning and ending of the book

The boy repeatedly finding himself in The Waiting Place
17 The Waiting Place is an allegory for ________
War

Religion

Life

Stagnancy
18 What does the boy do at the end of the book?
Race in a hot-air balloon

Go back to his town

Pull a mountain

Save people from The Waiting Place
19 What does the ball symbolize?
Loss of innocence

A person’s resilience

Life's hardships

A person’s unique skills
20 Oh, the Places You’ll Go! is known as a/an ________
Commercial failure

The most audacious book in Seuss’s catalog

The most mature book in Seuss’s catalog

Common graduation gift
21 What is the first major setting in the book?
A mountain

The Waiting Place

A rural area

A town
22 What is significant about the alternating rows of birds near the end of the book?
Each row features a different threatening creature in addition to the birds

Each row alternates between birds facing the right and left

The birds are the same birds from The Waiting Place

It is the most vibrant and striking illustration in the book
23 Which set of adjectives best describes the book’s tone?
Cynical and ironic

Witty and introspective

Exuberant and optimistic

Downbeat and melancholy
24 What is the purpose of the book’s form of narration?
It deepens the characterization of the boy

It allows readers to see themselves in the boy’s journey

It exposes readers to a more objective, straightforward worldview

It purposefully contradicts the book’s theme of autonomy
25 Throughout the book, the boy walks ________
Toward the right

Sideways

Backwards

Toward the left

What is one concept you can take from this book??

One concept you can take away from the book is that regardless of life circumstances, we must consistently progress forward to unearth our fullest potential.

Asked by Maria L #1253800

Answered by jill d #170087 on 9/5/2022 10:00 AM

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According to the story, what skills do we need to first choose a path? Do you think you have the skills?

A good path should be considered as a path that makes you happy and you are encouraged to continue this path because you love it. According to the book it says "You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and...

Asked by sam c #1046073

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How did the Bolshevik Revolution give the U.S. an easy way to enter WWI on the side of France and Great Britain?

I'm sorry, this is a short-answer "literature" forum desgined for text specific questions. We are unable to assist students with other subjects.

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