This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Fiction > Historical Fiction – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Historical Fiction Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which text structure are these sentences written in?It is fun to read about chimpanzees. All wild chimpanzees live in Africa. They live mostly in thick rain forests and in woodlands. There are two types. A) Problem & Solution. B) Sequence. C) Descriptive. D) Cause & Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descriptive. 2. Which historical incident was TH60F based on? A) World War 2. B) World War 1. C) The Taiping Rebellion. D) Civil War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) World War 2. 3. A "genre" is a: A) Giant. B) Type. C) Person. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Type. 4. What does this word mean? Stitched A) Sewed together with jello. B) Sewed together with thread. C) Sewed together with rope. D) Small home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sewed together with thread. 5. Historical Fiction can change events in history. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 6. Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer. Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball. They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score. Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates. What is the main idea? A) They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score. B) Soccer players learn how to dribble. C) They learn how to work together as teammates. D) Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer. 7. Historical Fiction can have outer space aliens. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. How does the industrial setting impact the characters and events in the story? A) It provides a backdrop for a love story. B) It creates a sense of nostalgia. C) It influences the characters' lifestyles and struggles. D) It has no impact on the narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It influences the characters' lifestyles and struggles. 9. Historical Fiction is part of Non-Fiction A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. What is the answer to number 2? A) G. B) F. C) H. D) J. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) G. 11. Choose a correct answer that has listed down the elements of historical fiction. A) Character, plot, setting. B) Character, fantasy, setting. C) Character, dialogue, crime. D) Character, talking animals, conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character, plot, setting. 12. A historical account is ..... A) A factual explanation of something that really happened in history. B) A made-up story. C) A person counting history textbooks. D) A story about history that is not entirely true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A factual explanation of something that really happened in history. 13. Who do the authors credit with the writing of the first work of historical fiction? A) Carlo Notar Tomaso. B) Sir Walter Scott. C) Lady Patricia Keff. D) William Spencer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Walter Scott. 14. When the story took place, the Ramirez Ranch was located in which country? A) Canada. B) Mexico. C) Spain. D) United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) United States. 15. Select the best definition of fiction. A) Knuckle Headedness. B) Literature, especially essays and articles, that describes factual, historical accounts. C) Literature, especially short stories, poems and novels, that describes imaginary events and people. D) Truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Literature, especially short stories, poems and novels, that describes imaginary events and people. 16. Influenced means ..... A) To change something or someone. B) The way a person see or understands the world. C) Proof. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To change something or someone. 17. Which of the following supplies would be most helpful to a settler heading west? A) Seeds for planting. B) Cooking Stove. C) Saddle. D) Piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seeds for planting. 18. What other event is related to Industrialization A) Civil Rights. B) Vietnam. C) World War II. D) Immigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Immigration. 19. Fill in the blank with the correct term:The story is told from a ..... person or ..... person point of view. A) First and second. B) Second and third. C) First and third. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First and third. 20. What type of source is this? An original photograph from the 1941 attack at Pearl Harbor that you found in your great grandparents photo album. A) Primary. B) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary. 21. True/False:Historical Fiction is a literary genre that reconstructs past events in fictional stories. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 22. Who are the characters from Plutarch that we will be working with? A) Julias Caesar and Pompey. B) Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Brutus. C) Julius Caesar, Brutus, Cassius. D) Julius Caesar, Pompey, Crassus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Brutus. 23. Which one of these texts is an example of historical fiction? A) "The Skin I'm In". B) "Esperanza Rising". C) "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". D) "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Esperanza Rising". 24. Inside character traits are things we can tell by ..... A) A character's actions, words, or feelings. B) How a character looks. C) A character's temperature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A character's actions, words, or feelings. 25. A historical fiction story always ..... A) Focuses on problems and issues of life in the past. B) Use dialogue (dialect) from the time period. C) Has a narrative structure (characters, setting, plot). D) Both A & C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A & C. 26. If you pause of of fear or anxiety you are ..... A) Mourning. B) Hesitating. C) Phrasing. D) Peering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hesitating. 27. What does this mean? When my great uncles drives, he is as slow as a turtle. A) Moves pretty quickly. B) He's super fast. C) Still beats everyone. D) Very slow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Very slow. 28. The plot of the story is ..... A) A man needs to buy food for his family but he doesn't have enough money. People decided to steal the bread because they thought their government has been unfair. B) A man was dreaming to become a good king who gives food for everybody and they all live happily ever after. C) There was a war and people from the kingdom had to fight for their country to have food for eating. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A man needs to buy food for his family but he doesn't have enough money. People decided to steal the bread because they thought their government has been unfair. 29. ..... is to research that period and include customs; social arrangements; family environment; layout of towns; international relationships between countries. A) World building. B) Dialogue. C) Character. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) World building. 30. During which part of the story does most of the conflict or action happen? A) Falling action. B) Rising action. C) Resolution/denouement. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 31. What is the definition of historical fiction? A) A genre of literature that is based entirely on real historical events. B) A genre of literature that combines fictional elements with real historical events, settings, or characters. C) A genre of literature that combines fictional elements with real contemporary events, settings, or characters. D) A genre of literature that focuses on futuristic events and settings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A genre of literature that combines fictional elements with real historical events, settings, or characters. 32. Didn't really happen but logically could A) Realistic Fiction. B) Historical Fiction. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 33. All fictional writing contains: A) Non-fiction text features. B) A subject and a verb. C) Characters, setting, problem, solution and events. D) Facts and information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characters, setting, problem, solution and events. 34. The boy ..... me when he walked through the door. A) Peered. B) Startled. C) Tensed. D) Mourned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Startled. 35. Which type of conflict is internal? A) Man vs. Man. B) Man vs. Self. C) Man vs. Nature. D) Man vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man vs. Self. 36. Who is Frederick Garland? A) A detective. B) A villain. C) Sally's father. D) A friend of Sally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A detective. 37. The characters in Historical Fiction ..... A) Are made up. B) Can be real people that lived OR made up, but are always realistic to the time period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can be real people that lived OR made up, but are always realistic to the time period. 38. Historical fiction is a true story. True A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 39. If you are seized, you have been taken by force. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 40. A genre in which the plot takes place in the past A) Science fiction. B) Realistic fiction. C) Historical fiction. D) Medieval times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historical fiction. 41. What is the magic word that we use when we are using PAST PERFECT TENSE? A) Was. B) Been. C) Is. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 42. What are some examples of realistic fiction? A) Dork diaries. B) Go Math book. C) The giving tree. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dork diaries. 43. True or False:The main characters in historical fiction stories are REAL. A) True-the characters really existed. B) False-the characters are made up by the author's imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False-the characters are made up by the author's imagination. 44. As I grazed in the field, I realized that there were not any other animals around. I had a weird feeling that something was wrong. The other animals that are usually making noises are all silent. I see a shadow up in a tree. I think that is is unsafe here, so I am going to run away.From what point of view is the passage written? A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 45. In Spinning Bees and Liberty Tea name two ways the women helped the patriots. A) They refused to buy certain products and made their own clothes. B) They rode horses and carried their spinning wheels. C) They bought tea and clothing from stores for their family. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They refused to buy certain products and made their own clothes. 46. Culture is the way that people dress, the ways that people speak, the religions that people believe in and the way they see the world. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. Which of the following best describes the style of today's historical fiction for children? A) The language is accessible to children. B) Passages tend to be long and factual. C) Descriptions are ornate. D) Sentence structure tends to be more complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The language is accessible to children. 48. What is another word for story? A) Nonfiction. B) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrative. 49. A historical fiction refers to ..... A) Fictional stories written to make people laugh. B) Fictional stories based on historical events or people. C) Non-fiction stories based on real events. D) Fictional stories based on cartoon heroes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fictional stories based on historical events or people. 50. Where does the beginning of the story take place? A) America. B) Russia. C) An island. D) An ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) America. 51. What is the advantage to first person point of view? A) You learn the thoughts and feeling about multiple characters. B) You learn about the narrator deeply because we get an insight into their perspective. C) There isn't an advantage. We don't get any new information. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You learn about the narrator deeply because we get an insight into their perspective. 52. Looked at something closely and carefully A) Inspected. B) Arrived. C) Invention. D) Whispered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inspected. 53. In what way was Ezekiel able to help the Gold Star Coach company A) He started making more coaches because he was very skillful. B) He was able to fix the coach's wheel. C) He brought new customers for the Gold Star Coach company. D) He saved all of the passengers from bandits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was able to fix the coach's wheel. 54. The main character is in a conflict that is real for that time period. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 55. What element is the most important in historical fiction? A) Problem. B) Setting. C) Characters. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 56. The author includes paragraph 3 most likely to show that the Saunders family- A) Was lazy and didn't want to have to work hard. B) Had a hard, long journey on the Mayflower. C) Got on a ship known as the Mayflower. D) Arrived to America and built homes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had a hard, long journey on the Mayflower. 57. The story is about a ..... A) Type of government who has a king and he has been unfair. B) Government where everybody receives the same opportunities and live happily. C) Dream that a man has every night of his life. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type of government who has a king and he has been unfair. 58. (For Want of a Horseshoe Nail):What happened when Richard's troops saw him without a horse? A) They turned around and ran away. B) They started laughing at him. C) They rushed to give him a new horse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They turned around and ran away. 59. True or False:Historical fiction is a true story that happened in a specific and recognizable time in history A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 60. Historical fiction stories take place in the past and tell about something in history. A) False. B) True. 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