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Eleanor Roosevelt by Wlliam Jay Jacobs

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is biography a fiction or non-fiction?

a)

Fiction

b)

Non-fiction

2.

A biography is written in ___________?

a)

First person point of view

b)

Second person point of view

c)

Third person point of view

d)

Fourth person point of view

3.

What are examples of 3rd person point of view?

a)

I, me, us, we, mine

b)

he, she, they, him, her

c)

you, yours, you're

d)

it

4.

What is chronological order?

a)

Events are arranged by importance.

b)

Events are arranged by letter order of life events.

c)

Events are arranged by the least to most interesting in the story.

d)

Events are arranged in number order by dates or time.

5.

An autobiography is a piece of writing that...

a)

that the author wrote about someone else.

b)

that the author wrote about himself.

c)

that an author makes up.

d)

is based on fake events in history.

6.

An example of an autobiography is...

a)

Michael Jordan writing a story about basketball

b)

Michael Jordan's mom writing a story about her son's life

c)

Michael Jordan writing about himself

d)

A coach writing about Michael Jordan.

7.

Autobiographies and biographies...

a)

Are both fictional

b)

Are both based on American people

c)

Can be based on a person's thoughts and feelings

d)

Both contain facts about a person's life

8.
Memoir is a type of ...
a)
Autobiography
b)
Biography
c)
Both
d)
Neither
9.
Based mainly on the subject's memories
a)
Autobiography
b)
Biography
c)
Both
d)
Neither
10.
How are biographies and autobiographies similar?
a)
Both are written in the same point of view.
b)
Both texts talk about the life of a real person.
c)
Both can be written after the person passes away. 
11.

Have power or influence over

a)

brooding

b)

dominate

c)

migrant

d)

parchment

12.

be the most important or conspicuous person around

a)

dominate

b)

grave

c)

impoverished

d)

prominent

13.

serious or causing alarm

a)

discard

b)

brooding

c)

grave

d)

prominent

14.

being needy or poor.

a)

prominent

b)

migrant

c)

grave

d)

imporvrished

15.

migrant means:

a)

a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions.

b)

Serious or alarming

c)

needy or poor

d)

a type of paper made of goat or sheepskin

16.

Wavering

a)

-Moving in a quivering way; Flickering

b)

grave

c)

noticeable

d)

getting weaker; faltering

17.

Wavering can be used as a(n)

a)

adverb only

b)

adjective and verb

c)

adverb and verb

18.

Prominent means

a)

Famous

b)

unknown

c)

dangerous

d)

needy