This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Fiction > Historical Fiction – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Historical Fiction Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... of Historical Fiction are based on truth. A) Characters or the setting. B) Problem or the solution. C) Kindness or the happiness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters or the setting. 2. Involves a person, place, or event from history A) Realistic Fiction. B) Historical Fiction. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historical Fiction. 3. Another word for glinting is twinkling. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. In a Realistic Fiction story, the setting is ..... A) A real place or time in the past. B) A real place or time in the present. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A real place or time in the present. 5. Which of the following might make you retreat? A) A barking dog. B) Birthday present. C) Kitchen table. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A barking dog. 6. Historical Fictions has the basic features of a fictional stories. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. To have the feeling or understanding of what another person is thinking or feeling A) Empathize. B) Refugee. C) Immigrant. D) Equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empathize. 8. Which of the following tells a story using real events as a backdrop? A) Historical Fiction. B) Biography. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical Fiction. 9. Which of the following is an example of historical fiction? A) Charlie Brown. B) Dr Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham. C) I Survived The Sinking of Titanic-1912. D) Goldie Socks and the Three Librarians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I Survived The Sinking of Titanic-1912. 10. Jacques, Judith and Maria think ..... A) There could be other forms of government better than they have. B) They have to wait until the war finishes. C) They have to work harder to earn more money to buy food. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There could be other forms of government better than they have. 11. Historical Fiction may contain actual events from history but have characters that are made up by the author. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. This selection contains ..... A) Dialogue. B) Theme. C) Historical events. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. How many elements are there to create a historical fiction? A) THREE. B) FIVE. C) SIX. D) SEVEN. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SEVEN. 14. Which book title is probably fiction? A) Lost on Mars:The Adventures of the Lee Family. B) Apollo 13:The First Trip to the Moon. C) Space Food:What Astronauts Eat. D) Around the Sun:Our Solar System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lost on Mars:The Adventures of the Lee Family. 15. What is the contraction of would not? A) Wouldnt'. B) Wouldn't. C) Wouldn't. D) Would'nt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wouldn't. 16. What does this word mean? Wicks A) Bugs. B) Candle. C) Set of steps to follow. D) Strings in candles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strings in candles. 17. Why does Sarah Beth keep wanting to go to the barn? A) Her family needs to save the food that's in there. B) Her chicks are in there, and she doesn't want them to drown. C) Her horse Trinka is stuck inside. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her chicks are in there, and she doesn't want them to drown. 18. We must meet the enemy on the field. A) To catch or pick up a batted ball. B) Place where a battle is fought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place where a battle is fought. 19. What is the setting of a story? A) The characters in a story. B) The events that happen in a story. C) The place and time where a story takes place. D) The problem or conflict in a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The place and time where a story takes place. 20. If something needs to be done immediately it is ..... A) Urgent. B) Affect. C) Mourn. D) Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urgent. 21. A character that does not change during the story A) Static character. B) Protagonist. C) Dynamic character. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Static character. 22. Historical context A) A history or background, especially one created for a fictional character in a motion picture or television program. B) He social, political, cultural, economic, and environmental situations that influence the events or trends we see happen during that time. C) Work jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something. D) A belief that someone will or should achieve something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He social, political, cultural, economic, and environmental situations that influence the events or trends we see happen during that time. 23. Fill in the Blank:Sally ..... the loss of her pet fish. A) Hesitated. B) Mourned. C) Issued. D) Exasperated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mourned. 24. Which of the following is a characteristic of historical fiction? A) Involves actual historical figures and events only. B) Focuses on imaginary characters in a fictional setting. C) Depicts fictional events in a made-up time period. D) Recreates the appearance of a time past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recreates the appearance of a time past. 25. Are all parts of historical fiction realistic/real A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. What is the PAST PERFECT TENSE of the verb:secure? A) Had secure. B) Secured. C) Had secured. D) Was secure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had secured. 27. The people and events in an historical fiction may be real but the story is ..... A) Fictional (imagined / made up). B) Factual (true). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fictional (imagined / made up). 28. Which of the following is an attribute of Realistic fiction A) Takes place in the past 10 years or more. B) Takes place in the present and the past. C) Takes place in the present and recent past 10 years or less. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Takes place in the present and recent past 10 years or less. 29. What does the word valuable mean? A) Easily broken. B) Worth a lot of money. C) Having a delicious taste. D) Able to be treated medically. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worth a lot of money. 30. Perspective is ..... A) Proof. B) The way a person looks at or understands the world. C) Changed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The way a person looks at or understands the world. 31. Which of these would NOT be found in an historical fiction about Ancient Rome A) Car. B) Toilet. C) Schools. D) Soldiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Car. 32. What type of text structure describes an issue and at least one way to solve it? A) Chronological. B) Compare/Contrast. C) Cause and Effect. D) Problem and Solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Problem and Solution. 33. When writing a story it is important to ..... A) Make sure to leave out as many details as possible. B) Make sure the problem is never solved. C) Make sure to leave the reader asking questions. D) Make sure all the scenes connect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make sure all the scenes connect. 34. What is the PAST PERFECT TENSE of the verb rang? A) Had rang. B) Had rung. C) Had runged. D) Had ranged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had rung. 35. What is the historical setting of 'The Ruby in the Smoke'? A) Ancient Greece. B) Victorian England. C) Renaissance Italy. D) Feudal Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Victorian England. 36. What happens right after the climax? A) The character must make a choice to try to make the problem better. B) The reader learns what the problem is. C) The problem is solved. D) The character is introduced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The character must make a choice to try to make the problem better. 37. Which one of these could be an example of dialogue in a realistic fiction text? A) "Well ma'am, I reckon I can help ya fix that.". B) "Four score and seven years ago ". C) "Bruh soup.". D) "Say Jim, did you catch that radio program last week? It was pretty swell!". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Bruh soup.". 38. Why does Sarah Beth need to replace the lace and thread that she was picking up for her mother? A) She wants to keep them for herself. B) She drops them in the muddy water in the barn. C) Mrs. Hensler won't give them to her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She drops them in the muddy water in the barn. 39. Which part of the story happens just before the ending? A) Falling action. B) Rising action. C) Resolution/denouement. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling action. 40. True or False:Historical fiction has made up dialogue? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. Which of these are real people that lived in the past? A) Martin Luther King. B) Nelson Mandela. C) Sophia the first. D) Queen Elizabeth II. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Queen Elizabeth II. 42. The events of Historical Fiction A) Can be real OR made up, but are always realistic to the time period. B) Are all real event that happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can be real OR made up, but are always realistic to the time period. 43. A character or situation that creates problems for the main character during the story A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 44. Why is Integrity Important to an athlete? A) To be the best player. B) To have positive behavior and positive spirit. C) To win games. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have positive behavior and positive spirit. 45. In an effective opinion writing piece, there should be ..... reasons to support your thesis statement (opinion). A) 3. B) 4. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 46. What is the difference between historical fiction and non-fiction? A) Historical fiction is always based on factual events, while non-fiction is purely fictional. B) Historical fiction includes fictional elements, while non-fiction is based on factual events. C) Historical fiction and non-fiction are the same thing. D) Historical fiction and non-fiction both include fictional elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historical fiction includes fictional elements, while non-fiction is based on factual events. 47. What is a character's perspective? A) How the character thinks, feels, and sees the world around them. B) What the reader thinks about the character. C) When and where the character is talking. D) How the character solves the problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How the character thinks, feels, and sees the world around them. 48. How are Julie's grandparents different from one another? A) Her grandfather tells the truth, but her grandmother adds untrue details. B) Her grandmother tells the truth, but her grandfather adds untrue details. C) Her grandfather was born in Russia but her grandmother was born in America. D) Her grandmother was born in Russia, but her grandfather was born in America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her grandmother tells the truth, but her grandfather adds untrue details. 49. Choose the missing letters to complete the following spelling word.Ma ..... s ..... i c A) J, e, t. B) J, e, l. C) J, i, t. D) G, i, t. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) J, e, t. 50. What year does the story of 'Ophie's Ghosts' take place? A) 1940s. B) 1930s. C) 1950s. D) 1920s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1920s. 51. A single, strong sentence that states your position; the main idea sentence for the WHOLE essay/speech A) Thesis statement. B) Counterargument. C) Position. D) Persuade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thesis statement. 52. Read this entry from May 14, 1805, from The Journals of Lewis and Clark.[The canoe] nearly filed with water-the articles which floated out was nearly all caught by the Squar [Squaw] who was in the rear. In their journals, Lewis and Clark rarely call Sacajawea by her real name. Instead, they refer to her as "the Squar" (Squaw), as the "Indian woman, " or as "Janey, " a nickname. What inference can you make about the historical and cultural setting from this fact in the primary source? A) ALewis and Clark did not know Sacajawea's name. B) BNative American women were not valued or respected by white men at that time and place. C) CLewis and Clark had European values. D) DNeither Lewis nor Clark spoke the Shoshone language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BNative American women were not valued or respected by white men at that time and place. 53. What genre does 'The Ruby in the Smoke' belong to? A) Romance. B) Fantasy. C) Science Fiction. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mystery. 54. Which of these items can be included in a story set in 1850? A) A pen. B) A wooden chair. C) A headset. D) A phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A wooden chair. 55. Restart is not historical fiction because ..... A) All of the people and events in the story are made up, even though they could happen in real life. B) All of the people and events in the story are real and all of the events happened in real life. C) The events in the story are both real and made up. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the people and events in the story are made up, even though they could happen in real life. 56. How can we use our "Take Something Away" Strategy of asking questions like "What if the author hadn't done this thing?" and "How would it be different?" A) It helps us to think about the historical background. B) It helps us to thing about the side characters. C) It helps us to have something to talk with our book club members about. D) It helps us to think about the author's purpose and the theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It helps us to think about the author's purpose and the theme. 57. An autobiography is a A) Primary Source. B) Secondary Source. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary Source. 58. A ..... place is a place that is open to anyone. A) Irritate. B) Public. C) Peer. D) Urgent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Public. 59. Historical fiction are stories set in the past. This means ..... A) The story is very interesting. B) The story may not be true. C) The story happened in the past. D) The story was written by an old author. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The story happened in the past. 60. Which of the following are features of historical fiction? A) The story takes place in an authentic historical setting. B) The events did occur or could have occurred in the setting. C) The story is told either first or third person point of view. D) All of the above are features of historical fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above are features of historical fiction. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesHistorical Fiction Quiz 1Historical Fiction Quiz 2Historical Fiction Quiz 3Historical Fiction Quiz 4Historical Fiction Quiz 5Historical Fiction Quiz 6Historical Fiction Quiz 8Historical Fiction Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books