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Do the Dewey

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who created the Dewey Decimal System?
a)
Madison Dewey
b)
Melville Dewey
c)
Mark Dawey
d)
Marie Dewey
2.
How many major categories are in the Dewey Decimal System? 
a)
8
b)
9
c)
10
d)
There are no major categories in the Dewey Decimal System.
3.
The Dewey Decimal System is for fiction and nonfiction books.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What Dewey Decimal Number contains sports?
a)
500s
b)
600s
c)
700s
d)
800s
5.
Where will you find a book about animals?
a)
500s
b)
600
c)
900
d)
200
6.
Where will you find a book about religion?
a)
200s
b)
400s
c)
900s
d)
700s
7.
Where will you find a book about ghosts?
a)
100s
b)
900s
c)
300s
d)
500s
8.
It goes in...
a)
Dog books (636.7)
b)
Armed forces books (350-356)
c)
Medieval History (940)
d)
Reptiles (597.9)
9.
Where will you find a book about languages?
a)
400s
b)
500s
c)
600s
d)
700s
10.
Where will you find a book about poetry?
a)
800s
b)
900s
c)
700s
d)
600s
11.
Classification puts things together that are ____
a)
Different
b)
Unusual
c)
Wrong
d)
Similar
12.
What is the name of the section where the "comic book" type books are kept?
a)
graphic novels
b)
fiction
c)
easy
d)
biography
13.
In what section would you find the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series books?
a)
fiction
b)
non-fiction
c)
easy
d)
biography
14.
Where will you find a book about art?
a)
700s
b)
800s
c)
900s
d)
200s
15.
The book's SPINE includes:
a)
Illustrator
b)
Sub-Title
c)
Spine Label, Title, Author
d)
Resource
16.
It goes in...
a)
Dog books (636.7)
b)
Armed forces books (350-356)
c)
Medieval History (940)
d)
Reptiles (597.9)
17.
What is the number formed by the classification number with the letters under it?
a)
ISBN
b)
LCCN
c)
call
d)
catalog
18.
The Dewey Decimal System is used to organize
a)
nonfiction
b)
biographies
c)
fiction
d)
encyclopedias
19.
It goes in...
a)
Picture books (E)
b)
Chapter books (FIC)
c)
Comic books (741.5)
d)
Cookbooks (641.5)
20.
What is the purpose of the Dewey Decimal System?
a)
To organize the library
b)
To help you sleep
c)
To help you run
d)
To research information