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Call Numbers Review

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of call number is this? 432 GAR

a)

Fiction

b)

Easy

c)

Nonfiction

d)

Easy nonfiction

2.

I want a fiction book by Rick Riordan. What is the call number I am looking for?

a)

Fiction RR

b)

FIC RICK

c)

F RIO

d)

F RR

3.

F PIL might be the call number for what author?

a)

Mo Willams

b)

Pilot Sanders

c)

David Shannon

d)

David Pilkey

4.

What is this information on a book called?

a)

Barcode

b)

Cover

c)

Call number

d)

Title

5.

What does the call number of a book tell you?

a)

The title

b)

Where to find it in the library

c)

The author

d)

Its phone number

6.

What is the call number of this book?

a)

1.5

b)

E BAR

c)

2010

d)

310

7.

The first part of the call numbers in our non-fiction section have what?

a)

Numbers

b)

NF

c)

NON

d)

None of the above

8.

How are books in the fictions sections organized?

a)

By title

b)

By reading level

c)

By author's first name

d)

By author's last name

9.

How are books in the non-fiction section organized?

a)

By title

b)

By author's last name

c)

By number

d)

By height

10.

Where on a library book do you find the call number?

a)

The front cover

b)

The back cover

c)

The spine

11.
What does the Dewey Decimal System do for the library?
a)
It helps you find and organize books
b)
It helps you feel cool
c)
It makes you want to read
d)
It helps you on the computer
12.
What section would you find a book on George Washington ?
a)
300
b)
700
c)
900
d)
100
13.
Where in the library would there be a book on astronomy?
a)
900
b)
500
c)
400
d)
000
14.
Where would you find a book about baseball ?
a)
300 social studies
b)
700 sports and technology
c)
000 generalities 
d)
900 geography and history
15.
If you were to find a book on Greek mythology what section would it be in ?
a)
000
b)
800
c)
100
d)
200
16.
What would you find in the 800 ?
a)
Literature
b)
Science 
c)
Arts
d)
Sports
17.
If you wanted to learn about the government where would you go ?
a)
300
b)
500
c)
400
d)
600
18.
To find a book on football what section would you go to?
a)
700
b)
400
c)
900
d)
500
19.
Your class is learning about the history of cartoons.  Where could your find a book on how to draw cartoons using the Dewey Decimal System?  
a)
740
b)
370
c)
890
20.
You are very interested in World War II.  What Dewey Decimal number would you need to know?
a)
810
b)
940
c)
320
21.
What section can you find Harry Potter books?
a)
Non-Fiction
b)
Geo and History
c)
Fiction
d)
Art/Sports
22.
How is the fiction section organized?
a)
In alphabetical order by the authors first name.
b)
In alphabetical order by the authors  last name 
c)
In alphabetical order by the title 
d)
In alphabetical order by the illustrator's last name
23.

We have Biographies in the 92 section

a)

True

b)

False

24.

In the Dewey Decimal System, books are shelved

a)

by number, then author's last name

b)

by author's last name, first name and middle name

c)

by color, then by number

25.
Classification puts things together that are ____
a)
Different
b)
Unusual
c)
Wrong
d)
Similar
26.
Where would you go to find a book about President George Washington?
a)
fiction
b)
series
c)
non-fiction dewey number 590
d)
biography
27.
Where in the library would there be a book on astronomy?
a)
900
b)
500
c)
400
d)
000
28.
Put these call numbers in shelf order...
734.8
267.9
599.1
a)
734.8
267.9
599.1
b)
267.9
599.1
734.8
c)
267.9
734.8
599.1
d)
599.1
734.9
267.9
29.
The letters under the number refer to the __________________.
a)
Book level
b)
Author's Last Name
c)
Publisher
d)
Illustrator
30.
Which call number comes first on the shelf?
398.2 FUN
or 
398.2 LAR
a)
398.2 FUN
b)
Same number so it doesn't matter
c)
398.2 LAR
d)
Numbers make me giggle
31.
In what section would you find the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series books?
a)
fiction
b)
non-fiction
c)
easy
d)
biography
32.
When was the dewey decimal system made?
a)
1876
b)
1878
c)
1885
d)
1884
33.

What Dewey category would a book about hunting be found in?

a)

100s

b)

500s

c)

700s

d)

900s

34.

In which Dewey category would you find a book about Abraham Lincoln?

a)

100s

b)

500s

c)

700s

d)

920s

35.

Where would you find books about the war in Iraq?

a)

200s

b)

400s

c)

600s

d)

900s

36.

What does OPAC stand for in the library?

a)

Online Personal Ability Competition

b)

Over-the-wire Practice Abled Computer

c)

Online Public Access Catalog

d)

On-internet Personal Access Computer