Setting, Plot, Theme and POV Quiz Retake

Which questions about a story will the setting answer?

• What is the author’s attitude toward the characters?

• Where and when does the story take place?

• Who are the people the story is about?

• Why and when did the author write the story?

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What is the setting of the passage below?

One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

• winter in a train station of a busy city

• a hospital in the future

• a summer morning in a castle

• a grocery store in the 1980s

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Which sentence IS about the setting?

• Sarah could not remember her name.

• Sarah could barely see in the fog.

• Sarah wanted to get home.

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A theme should be a statement, not just one word. 

• TRUE
• FALSE

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A novel can have more than one theme.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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The theme of the story is the

• main character

• message about life that the author expresses

• sequence of events

• short summary of what the story is about

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Which of the following could be a theme of a story?

• A 35-year-old woman named Essie and her brother.

• A small apartment in Marfa, Texas.

• Telling the truth may cause you pain, but in the end, it's better than lying.

• Essie lied to her brother about her identity for two years, but she finally decided to tell him the truth.

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Which of the following could be a theme of a story?

• Your past does not define you.

• Returning home after a long time.

• A man sees a group of people he used to work with a long time ago.

• An old man who used to be a farmer.

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Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

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Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution

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