This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Fiction > Historical Fiction – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Historical Fiction Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why does Vincent need Sarah Beth's help? A) To save his chicks. B) To get food. C) To get Trinka out of the barn. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To get Trinka out of the barn. 2. Who is considered an activist? A) Martin Luther King. B) Adolf Hitler. C) George Washington. D) Tom Sawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Martin Luther King. 3. Historical Fiction is set in the past. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 4. What is one way we can look for how a character is changing during the story? A) By skipping ahead and reading the last page first. B) By looking for how the character deals with the conflict. C) By asking our book club member who has already read this book. D) By not looking-it'll just be clear at some point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By looking for how the character deals with the conflict. 5. Our independent reading novels are the same because they A) Both have protagonists who are sassy young girls. B) Take place in Harlem, NY. C) Are based in modern times. D) Both discuss racial tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both discuss racial tension. 6. The plot of any story has a beginning, middle, and end. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. Historical Fiction does not conflict with historical records. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. What role does the opium trade play in the story? A) It's a central theme in the mystery. B) It's a source of wealth for the protagonist. C) It's a historical backdrop. D) It's a form of transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's a historical backdrop. 9. How can you get a perspective of how someone feels or thinks A) Look at their actions and words. B) Look at their face and body language. C) Look at their eyes. D) Look at how they move their body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look at their actions and words. 10. The Bracelet by Yoskiko Uchida took place during what historical event? A) The Vietnam War. B) World War I. C) World War II. D) The Japanese War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) World War II. 11. An unreliable resource for research is A) A scientific study. B) A government website. C) An encyclopedia volume. D) A blog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A blog. 12. When you describe how a character looks, acts, and feels these are called ..... A) Character traits. B) Character opinions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character traits. 13. Historical fiction takes place in ..... historical settings. A) Made up. B) Actual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actual. 14. What does the word inspected mean? A) Yelled at loudly. B) Looked at closely. C) Walked across slowly. D) Jumped about franctically. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Looked at closely. 15. Jenny visited her grandmother in the hospital. She saw how kind and helpful the nurses were to her grandmother. Now she wants to be a nurse when she grows up. She wants to help sick people get well. What is the main idea? A) Jenny got sick. B) Jenny wants to be a nurse. C) Her grandmother was in the hospital. D) Jenny was glad the nurses were being kind to her grandmother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jenny wants to be a nurse. 16. Timeline/chronological A) Order of events; starts with earliest event in time and progresses to most recent. B) Perspective/point of view. C) Primary source. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Order of events; starts with earliest event in time and progresses to most recent. 17. What did the crowd do to get bread? A) They broke the windows of the bakery and stole the bread. B) They worked harder to earn more money. C) They asked the king for a loan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They broke the windows of the bakery and stole the bread. 18. A story with a fictional character who is 6 feet 6 inches tall and lives in a mansion is an example of: A) Science fiction. B) Historical fiction. C) Fantasy. D) Realistic fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Realistic fiction. 19. Select the best definition of nonfiction. A) Lies. B) Literature, especially essays and articles, that describe factual, historical accounts. C) Literature, especially short stories, poems and novels, that describes imaginary events and people. D) Knuckle Headedness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literature, especially essays and articles, that describe factual, historical accounts. 20. A captive is a businessman. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 21. The setting of a historical fiction story is A) A real time period & place. B) Neither real nor made up. C) Completely made up. D) Cannot be a real place or time period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A real time period & place. 22. Something you use to compare and contrast 2 things A) Comparing diagram. B) Venn diagram. C) Similar diagram. D) Friend chart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Venn diagram. 23. Which sentence best supports the theme of the story? A) It was a difficult trip immigrating across the sea, but it was worth it to be free. B) Everyone was happy to arrive!. C) At first, it was hard to find food and stay warm. D) They headed west on a ship called the Mayflower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was a difficult trip immigrating across the sea, but it was worth it to be free. 24. In a novel about the lives of Avery, Mia, and David, what is the role of the narrator in third-person omniscient point of view? A) The narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of Avery, Mia, and David. B) The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character, such as Avery. C) The narrator speaks directly about himself or herself. D) The narrator is not present in this point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of Avery, Mia, and David. 25. True/False:Mistakes are made by characters in all types of books. These mistakes can affect the character and society. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 26. True or False:Historical fiction is a sub-genre of prose only A) True-history is history so history must be history. B) False-It can also be prose. C) False-it can be prose, drama, opera, television, or any other genre. D) True-historical fiction, by definition, is prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) False-it can be prose, drama, opera, television, or any other genre. 27. If you are overwhelmed and annoyed you might be feeling ..... A) Mourn. B) Exasperated. C) Resist. D) Peer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exasperated. 28. The plot of the story must be ..... and ..... A) Plausible and believable. B) Funny and amazing. C) Fictional and scientific. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plausible and believable. 29. "We're looking for a runaway named Orion, " said a bearded man. "If you're hiding my slave ..... "This quote is an example of the ..... characteristic of historical fiction because it is a realistic problem that could have happened during the time period the story is set in. A) Setting. B) Character. C) Language. D) Event. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Event. 30. Historical Fiction characters are A) Superheroes. B) Talking animals. C) Ordinary people. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ordinary people. 31. Which part of the story is the ending? A) Falling action. B) Rising action. C) Resolution/denouement. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 32. Name the genre:Anne's father burst through the door. "We're going west! To California! Gold! They've found gold! We are going to move to California to get rich!" A) Fantasy. B) Realistic fiction. C) Historical fiction. D) Science fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historical fiction. 33. A story with imaginary characters set during a real historical time A) Sensory language. B) Historical fiction. C) Dialogue. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historical fiction. 34. What does this word mean? Towers A) Fort. B) House. C) Because the camera is broke. D) Tall narrow building. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tall narrow building. 35. Hisotrical fiction tells a story about ..... A) The present. B) The past. C) The future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The past. 36. The simile "as fast as lightning" in paragraph 4 helps the reader understand Martin worked- A) Carefully. B) In an angry way. C) As quick as possible. D) Without anyone seeing him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As quick as possible. 37. Which of the following would NOT be considered historical fiction? A) Tagging Along the Lewis and Clark expedition. B) Zack and Ted Survive the Pearl Harbor Attack. C) A Better World:Life in the Year 2080. D) All of the following are possible titles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Better World:Life in the Year 2080. 38. What is the significance of Plutarch's biographies of historical figures? A) They have no historical value. B) They are based on future events. C) They provide insight into the positive and negative influence of characters. D) They are fictional stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They provide insight into the positive and negative influence of characters. 39. What does perspective refer to in point of view? A) The narrator's position in relation to a story being told. B) The narrator's interpretations of events, people, and places based on his or her own personal experiences and background. C) The perspective of a narrator speaking directly about himself or herself. D) The outside narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The narrator's interpretations of events, people, and places based on his or her own personal experiences and background. 40. Understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed. A) Backstory. B) Hindsight. C) Insight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hindsight. 41. Which is NOT an example of historical details for a work of historical fiction? A) Food and clothing. B) Transportation. C) Geographical features. D) A moral resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A moral resolution. 42. What is the contraction of is not? A) Is'nt. B) Isnt. C) Isnt'. D) Isn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isn't. 43. Other characters in the story besides the main character A) Exposure. B) Narrator. C) Minor character(s). D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minor character(s). 44. Historical Fiction includes ..... historical events, but avoids rumor. A) Fake. B) Actual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actual. 45. To "track" our thinking and evidence from the book means to A) Look for footprints. B) Think really hard. C) Take notes. D) Talk with our book club members. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take notes. 46. Creating the time and place-transporting the reader into the past. A) Conflict. B) Setting. C) Dialogue. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 47. Betsy Ross made her living as a seamstress, and had many customers. She sewed many things, including clothes, blankets, and curtains. Each day, she would start with a pile of cloth and create things people paid her to make for them. Everyone knew she would do a wonderful job, so they came to her home and asked her to make many items for them. Business was so good, and as she began to get very busy, Betsy hired me to help. I am an experienced seamstress, so I can sew very well. On my first day, three men came to her home and asked if she could make a flag. I listened to them talk with great interest. One of them was named George Washington. I had heard of him, and now here he was right in front of me. He came to the store in May. I remember it very well because it was my birthday that day. Washington was leading the army, but the army did not currently have a flag. The army was fighting for freedom, but at the time no one knew if we would win. The men showed Betsy Ross a drawing of the flag of the new country. It had stars and stripes. I said, "Silver stars would be great." Betsy said, "No, it will be too difficult to make those. The flag should be red, white, and blue." So we set to work that day. We worked on the flag for a solid month. It would be very big. In addition to sewing the flag, we had to do other work, too. Betsy said that we had to make more clothes to get money. We were making the flag as a present, which meant we would not be paid for the flag. Finally the flag was complete, so George Washington sent someone to come get it. He opened it up and said, "This is it. This is just what we need to inspire the army." He did not show it to anyone yet though. He kept it for a special day. On July 4th, the army flew the new flag. That was the first Independence Day. On that day, the United States said it was a new country. It had a new flag. We were not there, but we heard about it later. The army had to fight more battles. Just saying they were independent did not make it true. The war went on for 7 more years. We worried. We made more flags. In all those battles, soldiers saw that flag. Still, it was difficult to win. When the war ended, the country started. I was proud when I saw the flag. I didn't just make a flag. I was part of making the United States. Based on the passage, George Washington wanted a flag created for the new country. Which country is the passage referring to? A) Great Britain. B) England. C) United States of America. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) United States of America. 48. The people who the text/speech/product is intended for; the people you are targeting with your piece A) Audience. B) Hook. C) Evidence. D) Persuade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audience. 49. Is historical fiction considered fiction or nonfiction? A) Nonfiction. B) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiction. 50. Which character would be described as intimidating A) Priscilla. B) Monk. C) Melvin. D) Priscilla and Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monk. 51. There are many fun things to do at the beach. Swimming is one thing that can be done at the beach. Snorkeling is another thing that can be enjoyed. Playing beach volleyball can be a lot of fun. It is also fun to look for shells. Some people simply like to sunbathe. What is the main idea? A) Some people simply like to sunbathe. B) It is also fun to look for shells. C) Going to the beach to swim can be fun. D) There are many fun things to do at the beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are many fun things to do at the beach. 52. Which of the following has the elements of a story in order? A) Exposition, climax, rising action, falling action, resolution. B) Exposition, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution. C) Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. D) Rising action, exposition, falling action, climax, resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. 53. During a class discussion, Ava, Emma, and Arjun were discussing historical fiction set in the 1970s. What is a key element they should consider while analyzing such stories? A) Inclusion of futuristic technology. B) Focus on ancient civilizations. C) Depiction of modern-day events. D) Accurate portrayal of the 1970s time period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accurate portrayal of the 1970s time period. 54. Who writes historical fiction? A) Painters who created art in the past. B) Musicians who wrote music in the past. C) Scientists who lived in the past. D) Authors who want to help readers understand the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Authors who want to help readers understand the past. 55. What lesson did you learn from the story? A) Family is the most valuable thing in someones life. B) You should never talk while you chew. C) The early bird gets the worm. D) Good things come in small packages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Family is the most valuable thing in someones life. 56. When analyzing a character which of the following do you need to do? A) Look at how they are described by the narrator and/or characters. B) Look at how they are described, infer from the text and use background knowledge. C) Look at the characters motivations and behaviors. D) Look at the characters motivations, behaviors, how they are described by narrator/characters and infer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Look at the characters motivations, behaviors, how they are described by narrator/characters and infer. 57. In the book, Number the Stars, how is Kirsti's perspective different than the other characters'? A) Kirsti is afraid of the solders because they touched her hair, but Annemarie knows that the soldiers are friendly. B) Kirsti thinks the soldiers are dangerous, but Annemarie thinks the soldiers are there to keep them safe. C) Kirsti is not afraid of the soldiers because it is normal to have them around, but Annemarie remembers what it was and is nervous around them. D) Kirstie and Annemarie have the same perspective about the soldiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kirsti is not afraid of the soldiers because it is normal to have them around, but Annemarie remembers what it was and is nervous around them. 58. What is the translation of "un Milagro" ? A) A field. B) Something that you thought would not occur and it happened. C) An angel in the sky. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something that you thought would not occur and it happened. 59. Which of the following develops characters and plot? A) Historical Fiction. B) Biography. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 60. Would it be helpful for a writer to research a historical time period if they want to write a historical fiction story? A) Yes-they can include some of the events and ideas in their story. B) Yes-they can write about their research. C) No-it will not help them. D) No-the writer cannot use any information from history because it is plagiarism. 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