This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Fiction > Historical Fiction – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Historical Fiction Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which best describes what historical fiction is? A) A story set in the future with made up characters. B) A story that contains a mystery to be solved with lots of suspense. C) A story set in the past with made up characters. D) A story with ghosts in it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A story that contains a mystery to be solved with lots of suspense. 2. Refugee is historical fiction because ..... A) All of the characters and events are made up. B) Some of the characters are real, some were made up. The settings and events in the story were real. C) All of the characters in the story are real and can be researched on the internet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Some of the characters are real, some were made up. The settings and events in the story were real. 3. Indentured means A) A young woman or peasant girl. B) A contract binding service on one person to another for a specific time. C) Serious and sincere. D) Small animals that are annoying or harmful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A contract binding service on one person to another for a specific time. 4. Characters in historical fiction can only be fictional. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. A stance on a topic, whether you support or go against a topic A) Thesis statement. B) Persuade. C) Position. D) Counterargument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Position. 6. Which of the following is most likely historical fiction? A) A short story about a prince and a talking frog. B) A novel about a girl and her best friend. C) A novel that takes place during the real event of the Civil War. D) A short story about creatures on the planet Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A novel that takes place during the real event of the Civil War. 7. Which subgenre has characters, events or problems that only seem real, but are not? A) Historical fiction. B) Realistic fiction. C) Fantasy. D) Science fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Realistic fiction. 8. It should take place during an authentic period in history and be set in a real historical place. A) Characters. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 9. The beginning of the story A) Minor character(s). B) Conflict. C) Narrator. D) Exposure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exposure. 10. Why do authors of historical fiction often include fictional characters? A) To present actual events from different points of view and to create a narrative complemented by historical events. B) To deviate from established history and create a completely fictional narrative. C) To make the story more exciting and action-packed. D) To confuse readers by mixing factual and fictional elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To present actual events from different points of view and to create a narrative complemented by historical events. 11. What is an example of historical fiction? A) Somalia-A land and It's People. B) I survived the "Sinking of the Titanic-1912". C) Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham. D) Goldie Socks and the Three Bears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I survived the "Sinking of the Titanic-1912". 12. Then look for ..... that support, or back up, the main idea. A) Details. B) Main idea. C) Inference. D) Summarizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Details. 13. What are paragraphs? A) Instruments for recording heart activity. B) Documents handwritten by an author. C) Devices for detecting an earthquake. D) Pictures made by a camera. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pictures made by a camera. 14. Historical Fiction texts are ..... A) Stories that include things like dragons and fairies. B) Are nonfiction texts. C) Are stories with characters based on events from history. D) Are not a real genre of texts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are stories with characters based on events from history. 15. There was a ..... down the street. There were police cars and crowds of people standing in the road. A) Issues. B) Resist. C) Commotion. D) Exasperated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commotion. 16. One night Jacques was dreaming ..... A) He was a bakery. B) He was a king. C) He was a soldier. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was a bakery. 17. What does the term 'narrative voice' 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. 18. Arguments happen when A) People disagree about things. B) People agree. C) People ignore the rules. D) People cooperate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People disagree about things. 19. Characters in historical ficton are all real characters. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. What is the authors purpose? "She threw the paper airplane. It looped through the trees, under the dogs belly, up into the sky and landed in the hot air balloon." A) Persuade. B) Inform. C) Entertain. D) None of above. 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