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WorksheetsEnd of Year Quiz!
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a part of a story or movie that describes or shows something that happened in the past.
a)
Flashback
b)
Inference
c)
Plot
d)
Exposition
2.
The ending of the story; also called the resolution
a)
Conclusion
b)
Climax
c)
Introduction
d)
Plot
3.
The main lesson or moral of the story
a)
Theme
b)
Plot
c)
Resolution
d)
Background Information
4.
The turning point of the story
a)
Climax
b)
Theme
c)
Plot
d)
Introduction
5.
What 2 things does the setting tell the reader?
a)
Time and Place
b)
Characters and time
c)
Characters and place
d)
Mood and tone
6.
How the text makes you, the reader, feel
a)
Mood
b)
Context
c)
Tone
d)
Setting
7.
The reason why an author writes
a)
Author's Purpose
b)
Argument
c)
Claim
d)
Flashback
8.
"Smack", "Hiss", "Drip"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Simile
9.
He was jumping around like a monkey
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Idiom
10.
The computer hates me!
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Characterization
d)
Metaphor
11.
She is sunshine that brightens my day
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
12.
The people who are reading or watching a work
a)
Audience
b)
Adults
c)
Kids
d)
Teens
13.
1st, 2nd, or 3rd person are all types of what?
a)
Point of view
b)
Credibility
c)
Genre
d)
Style
14.
Repeating the end sounds of words
a)
Rhyme
b)
Assonance
c)
Irony
d)
Perspective
15.
Every sentence has two parts. What are they?
a)
Subject and Verb
b)
Subject and conjunction
c)
Verb and Conjunction
d)
Modifier and prepositional phrase
16.
Words that describe actions (verbs) and usually end in "-ly" are called what?
a)
Adjectives
b)
Adverbs
c)
Verbs
d)
Nouns
17.
In which colonial region was Virginia?
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
d)
All 3!
18.
In which colonial region was Rhode Island?
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
d)
All 3!
19.
Which colonial regions social life was based around plantations and had few cities?
a)
New England
b)
Mid-Atlantic
c)
Southern
d)
All 3!
20.
Which country ruled the 13 colonies?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
Portugal
21.
What is a crop people grow to sell?
a)
Plantation
b)
Cash Crop
c)
Money Tree
d)
Colony
22.
What is a large farm?
a)
Megafarm
b)
Field
c)
Plantation
d)
Meadow
23.
Which religious group was prominent (most popular) in the New England Colonies?
a)
Quakers
b)
Puritans
c)
Catholics
d)
Pilgrims
24.
What is holding people against their will and making them work without pay?
a)
Slavery
b)
Indentured Servant
25.
Who sailed on the mayflower?
a)
Puritans
b)
Pilgrims
c)
Quakers
d)
Catholics
26.
What was one cause of the Revolutionary War?
a)
The Stamp Act
b)
The English War
c)
They wanted to go to war
d)
There was an attack at Fort Sumter
27.
What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
a)
Battle of Lexington and Concord
b)
Battle of the unicorns
c)
Battle of the bows
d)
Battle of Cowpens
28.
What year did Lexington and Concord take place?
a)
1942
b)
1775
c)
2015
d)
1738
29.
Who is this?* 1st President * Wife= Martha Washington
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Bill Washington
d)
Bill Nye
30.
When did the Revolutionary War begin?
a)
1999
b)
1820
c)
1775
d)
1690
31.
What was the main reason people from England chose to move to the Colonies
a)
They wanted to move for fun
b)
They wanted religious freedom
c)
There was more tea in the Colonies
d)
They wanted the higher paying jobs that were there
32.
Who were the colonial leaders making decisions during the Revolutionary War?
a)
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin
b)
Thomas Edison, John Deere, Abe Lincoln, George Washington
c)
Daniel Boone, Barach Obama, Abe Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Betsy Ross
33.
The leader of England was
a)
George III
b)
John Hancock
c)
George Washington
d)
Benjamin Franklin
34.
What law that forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats in America?
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Quartering Act
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Navigation Act
35.
After the Boston Tea Party...
a)
England did not tax the colonists
b)
King George surrendered
c)
King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts
36.
The Declaration of Independence was written to formally declare to the people and to the King of England that the colonies were separating from England and they wanted to explain why.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
The Constitution of the United States was written to govern all the people equally and limits any one group or person from having all the power.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
The British soldiers were called lobsterbacks or redcoats because of their red uniforms.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Thousands of people died during the Boston Massacre.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
A group of colonists dressed as Indians and dumped British tea into the ocean. The became known as the Boston Tea party.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
On the night of Paul Revere's ride, the colonists used lanterns to share a message about how the British were traveling: "One if by land, two if by sea."
a)
True
b)
False
42.
The war ended when the Patriots surrounded the British troops and Cornwallis had no choice but to surrender.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
Who fought in the French and Indian War?
a)
French vs. Indians
b)
French and Indians vs. British
c)
British and Indians vs. French
d)
British vs. Indians
44.
What happened in the Boston Massacre.
a)
Colonists killed King George.
b)
Colonists were killed by British soldiers.
c)
Colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor
d)
Boston Harbor was shutdown.
45.
What did the group of patriots who protested King George's tyranny and called for a boycott of British goods call themselves?
a)
Justice League
b)
American Heroes
c)
Liberty Fighters
d)
Sons of Liberty
46.
Colonists had no representation in Parliament, so the people cried, "______________!"
a)
"Help Us!"
b)
"Kill the King"
c)
"Go Dawgs!"
d)
"No taxation without representation!"
47.
As King George and Parliament continued taxing the colonies unfairly, the colonists broke in to three different groups. What was the name of the colonists that supported the colonies breaking away from Britain and becoming an independent country?
a)
Loyalists
b)
Patriots
c)
Neutrals
d)
Colonists
48.
The dumping of tea in the Boston Harbor angered King George, so imposed the Coercive Acts on the colonists. The colonists called it ________________.
a)
The King George Act
b)
The Intolerable Acts
c)
The Tea Party Act
d)
Rebel Act
49.
Who was the Commander and Chief of the Continental Army?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Benedict Arnold
d)
George Washington
50.
Militia leaders built a fort with earthworks on the top of Breed's Hill, but history remembers it as ______?
a)
Battle of Lexington/Concord
b)
Battle of Arlington
c)
Battle of Kettle Creek
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
51.
The name of the place that Washington's army stayed during a bitterly cold winter. Washington lost over 2,500 men from hunger, disease, and cold. Washington worked endlessly to find food and clothing for his men.
a)
Boston
b)
Valley Forge
c)
Savannah
d)
Lexington
52.
The American Revolution was a war that was fought for
a)
Religion
b)
Gold
c)
Tobacco
d)
Independence
53.
The location of the first shot of the American Revolution. This was known as "the shot that was heard around the world."
a)
Battle of Lexington
b)
Battle of Ticonderoga
c)
Battle of Concord
d)
Battle of Trenton
54.
A document that recognized the United States of America as an independent nation. It was signed in 1783 ad officially marked the end of the American Revolution.
a)
Committees of Correspondence
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Common Sense
d)
Declaration of Independence
55.
The law that placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies such as legal documents, newspapers, and even playing cards.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Intolerable Acts
d)
Townshend Acts
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