A Backwoods Boy Test

What point of view is the story written in?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

The author's choice of point of view helps the reader-

• know all the character's thoughts and feelings

• understand the setting better

• predict what will happen next

• understand the resolution better

What genre is this selection?

• Autobiography

• biography

• horrow

• fiction

What is the author's main purpose for writing this selection?

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

Where was Abe Lincoln born?

• Kentucky

• Illinois

• Lincoln, Nebraska

• Ohio

Who was Lincoln named after?

• his father

• his uncle

• his grandfather

• an older brother who died

When would Abraham and his sister attend school?

• Whenever they could be spared from their chores.

• every day

• three days a week

• none of these answers

Read the following lines from the selection:

"Their parents couldn't read of write at all."

What can the reader infer based on that line?

• They could not go to school because of their responsibilities.

• They did not value education.

• There were no schools

• All of the above

Read the following lines from the story:

"She called up the children to her dying side and told them to good and kind to their father, to one another, and to the world.

• He grew up to be the opposite of what she asked.

• He grew up to be one of the the most respected US presidents.

• He was never able to reach his potential.

• His mother would be cured by advances in medicine.

Read the following lines from the selection:

"Abraham was growing fast, shooting up like a sunflower..."

What type of figurative language is being used?

• simile

• alliteration

• idiom

• metaphor