The Case of the Gasping Garbage Quiz

What does "point of view" mean?

• the main idea of a chapter

• the theme of the story

• the person who is telling the story through their eyes

• what the author is trying to help the reader understand

What does the word "observation" mean?

• the problem in a story

• to look at something carefully to gain information

• to make an intelligent guess

• to explain something thoroughly

What does the word "culprit" mean?

• the person who is in charge of criminal investigations

• a person who participates in team sports

• someone who doesn't eat meat

• a person or thing that causes a problem

What does the word "elementary" mean?

• an idea that needs further study

• easily understood and simple

• to be really smart

• how the problem in a story is solved.

The central message of the story is known as the...

• setting

• dialogue

• theme

• plot

The theme of The Case of the Gasping Garbage is...

• kindness

• teamwork

• honesty

• love

What the characters say, typically found in quotation marks, is called...

• setting

• dialogue

• plot

• point of view

Point of view can be told through the...

• the narrator

• the setting

• solution

• the characters

The events that make up the story are part of the...

• exercise

• dialogue

• characters

• plot

The characters actions in the story contribute to the ___ of the story.

• setting

• bubble gum

• events

• dialogue