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Historical Fiction Unit Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of historical fiction?

a)

Completely true story

b)

Made up story

c)

Story based on historical past events

d)

Unrealistic story

2.
Which best describes what historical fiction is?
a)
a story set in the future with made up characters
b)
a story that contains a mystery to be solved with lots of suspense
c)
a story set in the past with made up characters
d)
a story with ghosts in it
3.
What are some examples of historical fiction?
a)
Charlie Brown
b)
I survived the "Sinking of the Titanic-1912"
c)
Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham
d)
Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians
4.

Which setting would NOT work in a historical fiction book?

a)

Story set in Ancient Greece

b)

Story set during the Revolutionary War

c)

Story set during the Dust Bowl

d)

Story set in Bedford, Iowa today

5.

If our story was set during Ancient Rome, what time period details would you expect to see?

a)

Horses

b)

Cars

c)

Swords

d)

Sweatshirts

6.

Is historical fiction considered fiction or nonfiction?

a)

Fiction

b)

Nonfiction

7.
In Historical Fiction, can some things be true?
a)
Yes
b)
No
8.

Which best describes nonfiction?

a)

a book with many chapters

b)

writing that focuses on one person or main idea

c)

a story with no dialogue or conversations between animals

d)

writing that is based on facts and true things that happened

9.

Which of the following is most likely historical fiction?

a)

a short story about prince and a talking frog

b)

a novel about a girl and her best friend

c)

a novel that takes place during the real event of the Civil War

d)

a short story about creatures on the planet Jupiter

10.

Which book is probably nonfiction?

a)

A book about a boy and a dragon

b)

A book about a robot that destroys the earth

c)

A book about a girl who travels back through time

d)

A book about the first teen to win a figure skating contest at the Olympics

11.

Number the Stars: What happened to Lise?

a)

She died in an accident two weeks before her wedding

b)

She was run down by a Nazi car

c)

She ran away from home and never returned

d)

She married Peter

12.

Number the Stars: Which of the following best describes Annemarie's feelings toward Peter?

a)

uncaring

b)

suspicion. jealousy

c)

anger, resentment

d)

pride, love

13.

Number the Stars: What did Annemarie take from Ellen seconds before the soldiers came into her bedroom that night?

a)

her journal

b)

her necklace

c)

a picture of her mother

d)

her ring

14.

Number the Stars: How does the setting influence the plot of the story?

a)

The soldiers give the story a realistic, modern feeling

b)

The historical facts of Nazi occupation force the action as characters overcome the challenges

c)

The setting does not impact the plot

d)

The rural setting makes for a peaceful story

15.

Number the Stars: Which sentence best shows that Annemarie approaches the soldiers with thoughtful cunning at the beginning of Chapter 15?

a)

She remembered how she had stared at the others, frightened, when they had stopped her on the street.

b)

Annemarie willed herself, with all her being, to behave as Kirst would.

c)

Annemarie's mind raced.

d)

She stared at the soldiers.

16.

Number the Stars: This group of people fought against the Nazis in Denmark.

a)

The police

b)

The firefighters

c)

The Resistance

d)

King Christian

17.

The Butterfly: Who is the ghost child sitting on Monique's bed?

a)

Monique

b)

Marcel

c)

Denise

d)

Sevrine

18.

The Butterfly: What did the Nazi soldier do to the butterfly?

a)

He let it go.

b)

He killed it.

19.

The Butterfly: What did Monique drop at the train station?

a)

The butterfly

b)

Sevrine's scarf

c)

The Star of David necklace

d)

Pinouff

20.

Who are Gleam and Glow?

a)

a brother and sister

b)

The family’s pet dogs

c)

A pair of goldfish

d)

The authors of the book

21.

Gleam & Glow: What did the pond full of fish symbolize to the family? Choose 2 choices.

a)

hope

b)

sadness

c)

anger

d)

fear

e)

survival

22.

Which of these is NOT a theme that is found in the story Gleam and Glow?

a)

Horrors of war

b)

Friendship

c)

Perseverance through hard times

d)

Hope in unexpected places

23.

The Whispering Town: Where were the Jewish people hoping to go?

a)

Disney Land

b)

Sweden

c)

Germany

d)

Office Depot

24.

The Whispering Town: When it was dark and the women and boy left the cellar who helped them and how?

a)

The Nazis gave them a ride.

b)

Donald Duck let them ride in his car.

c)

The neighbors whispered "this way."

d)

The mailman put them in a box to deliver them.

25.

What is the translation for Kristallnacht?

a)

the Crystal Night

b)

the Night of Shattered Dreams

c)

the Night of Broken Glass

d)

Holocaust, Day 1