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Point of view

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A type of narrative perspective in where the  author uses pronouns like ''your" and "you."
a)
Second Person POV
b)
Third Person POV
c)
First Person POV
2.
How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?
a)
pronouns like I, my and him are used
b)
the author is addressing the reader
c)
the narrator is not in the story
d)
pronouns like I, my and we are used
3.

John's neighbor is angry because John plays loud music every day. John is frustrated at his neighbor because his neighbor complains too much. They talked about it and came to a compromise--John will still play his loud music every day, but will only play for 1 hour instead of 2.

a)

3rd person OMNISCIENT

b)

3rd person limited

c)

1st person

4.

Ana keeps telling us to stop taking her gum. She thinks that it is us, but it is really Frank who takes her gum. What do you think should be done?

a)

2nd person

b)

3rd person limited

c)

3rd person OMNISCIENT

d)

1st person

5.
How to grill by Steven Raichlen 
Once you have your grill assembled, the next thing to decide is where to put it.  A grill puts out a lot of heat, so you should position it several feet away from the side of the house or any plants or shrubbery.  You'll have an easier time with a spot that is sheltered from the wind.  When positioning a grill on a wooden deck, remember that sparks and live embers can fall from a charcoal grill.  
a)
first-person
b)
third-omniscient
c)
third-objective
d)
second-person
6.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum 
 Unc Nunkie, Margolotte and the Magician all stood looking at the marvelous Powder, but Ojo was more interested just then in the Patchwork Girl's brains.  Thinking it both unfair and unkind to deprive her of any good qualities that were handy, boy took down every bottle on the shelf and poured some of the contents in Margolotte's dish.  No one saw him do this, for all were looking at the Powder of Life; but soon the woman remembered what she had been doing, and came back to the cupboard.    
a)
third-objective
b)
third-omniscient
c)
first-person
d)
second-person
7.
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
At dawn, Mae Tuck set out on her horse for the wood at the edge of the village of Treegap.  She was going there, as she did once every ten years, to meet her two sons, Miles and Jesse, and she was feeling at ease.  At noon time, Winnie Foster, whose family owned the Treegap wood, lost her patience at last and decided to think about running away.  
a)
first-person
b)
second-person
c)
third-limited
d)
third-omniscient
8.

Alice's adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?" So she was considering, in her own mind whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

a)

third-limited

b)

first-person

c)

third-omniscient

9.
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar.
 Leslie sat in front of Paul.  She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist.  Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him.  He wanted to pull a pigtail.  He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank.  He thought it would be fun to tie the pigtails together, or better yet, tie them to her chair.  But most of all, he just wanted to pull one. 
a)
First-person
b)
Second-person
c)
Third-Objective
d)
Third-Limited
10.

Which point of view is the following:

There is one mirror in my house. It is behind a sliding panel in the hallway upstairs. Our faction allows me to stand in front of it on the second day of every third month, the day my mother cuts my hair.

from Divergent by Veronica Roth

a)

second

b)

first

c)

third person limited

11.
What is the purpose of point of view?
a)
to let the characters know what the reader can see or hear
b)
to express the character's thoughts and allow the reader to see and hear the story in different ways
c)
to let the reader know what the author knows about a story
d)
to express the author's thoughts and feelings and allow the reader to know what the character's know
12.
Third person omniscient point of view is when the narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of ______ characters.
a)
all
b)
one
c)
no
d)
more than three
13.

Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist. Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank. Sideways Stories From Wayside School, Louis Sachar

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient

14.

Sometimes you do have to laugh to keep from crying. And sometimes the world feels all right and good and kind of like it's becoming nice again around you. And you realize it, and realize how happy you are in it, and you just gotta laugh.

― Jacqueline Woodson, Peace, Locomotion

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient

15.

It all began when Ms. Frizzle showed our class a film strip about the human body. We knew trouble was about to start, because we knew Ms. Frizzle was the strangest teacher in the school.

The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body, Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient

16.
The girl stopped and looked as if she might pull back in surprise, but instead stood regarding Montag with eyes so dark and shining that he felt he had said something quite wonderful.  But he knew his mouth had only moved to say hello.  "Do you mind if I ask? How long've you worked at being a fireman?" the girl asked.  "Since I was twenty, ten years ago," said Montag. They walked farther and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?" "No," Montag replied, "houses have always been fireproof, take my word for it," but the girl knew this was not true. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
a)
First Person
b)
Second Person
c)
Third Person Limited
d)
Third Person Omniscient
17.

Ozma took the arm of her hostess, but Dorothy lagged behind. When at last she rejoined Glinda and Ozma in the hall, she found them talking earnestly about the condition of the people, and how to make them more happy and contented– although they were already the happiest and most contented folks in all the world. This interested Ozma, of course, but it didn’t interest Dorothy very much, so the little girl ran over to the big table on which was lying open Glinda’s Great Book of Records.

Ozma of Oz by Frank L. Baum

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient

18.

The next morning, Mr. Sir marched the boys to another section of the lake, and each boy dug his own hole, five feet deep and five feet wide. Stanley was glad to be away from the big hole. At least now he knew just how much he had to dig for the day. And it was a relief not to have other shovels swinging past his face, or the Warden hanging around.

Holes by Louis Sachar

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient

19.
The narrator is the
a)
person telling the story
b)
main character in the story
c)
enemy of the main character in the story
d)
person listening to the story
20.

To determine the author's point of view, you need to look at

a)

the characters thoughts.

b)

the first sentence of the book.

c)

the dialogue.

d)

what the characters say to each other.