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WorksheetsElements of Fiction Review 2018-19
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
In "The Story of Ferdinand" how does the setting advance the plot?
It provides the conflict.
It determines the mood.
It causes the resolution.
It determines character traits.
In the story "Thank You, Ma'am," how does the setting affect the plot?
It influences the way the characters interact with one another.
It helps Roger run away.
It helps the resolution.
It impacts the theme.
How does the main setting of "Charles" affect the plot of the story?
It causes Laurie to act out, thus creating the conflict.
It causes the narrator's knowledge to be limited.
It causes the conflict to be Man vs. Society.
It makes the point of view omniscient.
Which sentences shows that the narrator does not think highly of the character's intelligence?
"All the other bulls who had grown up with him in the same pasture would fight each other all day. They would butt each other and stick each other with their horns."
"He ran around puffing and snorting, butting and pawing the ground as if he were crazy."
"When he got to the middle of the ring he saw the flowers in all the lovely ladies' hair and he just sat down quietly and smelled."
"His mother saw that he was not lonesome, and because she was an understanding mother, even though she was a cow, she let him just sit there and be happy."
Which sentences show that the narrator is aware of the thoughts and feelings of the characters?
"Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you?"
"No’m," said the being dragged boy. "I just want you to turn me loose."
"The boy’s mouth opened. Then he frowned, but not knowing he frowned."
"The woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarrass him."
"The boy wanted to say something else other than 'Thank you, m’am...'"
"I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son—neither tell God, if He didn’t already know..."
"'I’m very sorry, lady, I’m sorry,' whispered the boy."
"'Then I won’t turn you loose,' said the woman. She did not release him."
Which sentence best shows the narrator does not know the thoughts or feelings of the other characters?
"Laurie regarded his father coldly. 'I didn’t learn nothing,' he said."
“What does this Charles look like?” my husband asked Laurie. “What’s his other name?”
Laurie shrugged elaborately. “Throw him out of school, I guess,” he said.
"On Saturday I remarked to my husband, 'Do you think kindergarten is too unsettling for Laurie? All this toughness, and bad grammar, and this Charles boy sounds like such a bad influence.'"
What is the primary theme of The Story of Ferdinand?
People have a responsibility to protect animals.
You must never be violent.
One should strive to be themselves.
Watch where you sit.
What is the primary theme of Charles?
Parents who are oblivious to their child's actions create insolent children.
Children with over-reactive imaginations create imaginary friends.
People shouldn't lie.
Lying creates more problems than solutions.
What is a main theme of Thank You, Ma'am?
Never steal from large women.
Have great dignity in oneself as well as others.
Stand up for yourself.
Always be appreciative of others.
What is the best summary of Charles?
Laurie wanted to misbehave at school but had to find a way to not get in trouble. So, he decided to behave very well at home and act terribly at school. Then he blamed his bad behavior on Charles. Laurie learned how to create a scapegoat.
Charles wanted to have fun at school but kept getting in trouble. So, he decided to tell the little girl to say a bad word so she would be seen as the bad student. Then Charles became the classroom helper and wasn't in trouble anymore.
Laurie wanted to stay out of trouble so he lied about his behavior at school and told his parents it was Charles. Charles got into trouble and Laurie's parents did not want him to be friends with Charles anymore.
Laurie's mother wanted to believe that she had a well-behaved son but became very obsessed with the behaviors of Charles at her son's school. So, she set out to find the mother of this "Charles" and give her a piece of her mind. Then she discovered that the kindergarten class did not have a Charles. Thus, Charles was actually her son, who was very badly behaved. She learned to pay more attention to her son's behaviors rather than the behaviors of other children.
In Charles, using first person point of view allows the author to...
help the reader feel closely connected with Charles.
help the reader feel closely connected with Laurie.
disclose who Charles is in a surprising manner.
disclose the thoughts of Laurie's mother and father.
What is a synonym of the word "mistrusted" in the sentence "He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now."
doubted
despised
relied
faithful
This excerpt from The Story of Ferdinand suggests that Ferdinand's mother ...?
Sometimes his mother, who was a cow, would worry about him. She was afraid he would be lonesome all by himself. "Why don't you run and play with the other little bulls and skip and butt your head?" she would say. But Ferdinand would shake his head. "I like it better here where I can sit just quietly and smell the flowers." His mother saw that he was not lonesome, and because she was an understanding mother, even though she was a cow, she let him just sit there and be happy.
believed Ferdinand was hopeless.
thought her son was very unhappy and very lonely.
gave up on finding Ferdinand a friend.
believed Ferdinand was content.
This excerpt from Thank You, Ma'am suggests that Roger...
The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse which she left behind her on the day-bed. But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room where he thought she could easily see him out of the corner of her eye, if she wanted to. He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now.
believed that Mrs. Jones trusts him.
hoped that Mrs. Jones wasn't watching him.
did not believe that Mrs. Jones trusted him yet.
did not want to be responsible.
What is a synonym of the word deprived as it is used in this sentence?
Friday Charles was deprived of blackboard privileges because he threw chalk.
relieved
indulged
contributed
relinquished
