Fiction Short Story Literature Quiz 10 (20 MCQs)

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1. The POV in which the narrator is a character in the story is known as .....

Correct Answer: A) First Person POV.

2. The time and place in which the story happens

Correct Answer: C) Setting.

3. EU:What is the main theme of this story?

Correct Answer: C) Family.

4. The shortest type of fiction. Made up of setting, plot, characters, POV and theme.

Correct Answer: A) Short Story.

5. During this part of the story, the problems in the story are cleaned up.

Correct Answer: B) Falling action.

6. Future generations

Correct Answer: C) Posterity.

7. What is fiction?

Correct Answer: B) Writing that is told from the author's imagination.

8. The message about human nature communicated by a work of literature is called .....

Correct Answer: C) Theme.

9. What parts of a story does a short story have?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

10. The genre of nonfiction that includes text that provides real facts about a particular subject.

Correct Answer: C) Informational.

11. A person in a story, poem, or play is a .....

Correct Answer: A) Character.

12. A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.

Correct Answer: C) Foreshadow.

13. Being chased by a grizzly bear is what type of conflict?

Correct Answer: A) Person vs nature.

14. Which two characters' relationship most positively evolved from the beginning to the end of "Raymond's Run" ?

Correct Answer: C) Gretchen & Squeaky.

15. A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event that everyone is expected to know about without further explanation .....

Correct Answer: A) Allusion.

16. The ending of a strory that leaves the reader in suspense is:

Correct Answer: A) Cliffhanger.

17. When the POV zooms in just on one character in a story, this is what POV?

Correct Answer: B) Thrid person-limited.

18. Person versus self is also known as .....

Correct Answer: A) Internal conflict.

19. The highest point of interest or suspense in the story.

Correct Answer: A) Climax.

20. How do we know that Masha's past has a positive influence on her grandchildren in "The Sandcastle" ?

Correct Answer: C) She describes beautiful eagles and fun picnics that excite their curiosity.