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Genre Quiz 8th

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is the best definition of fiction?
a)
A story that comes from the author's imagination.
b)
A story that comes from real life. 
c)
A story that takes place in space. 
d)
A story the is from the newspaper.
2.

A story that is not true but could have happened

a)

Science Fiction

b)

Realistic Fiction

c)

Fantasy

d)

Historical Fiction

3.

A fictional (untrue) story that is set during a time in our past such as during the Civil War, etc

a)

Realistic Fiction

b)

Science Fiction

c)

Historical Fiction

d)

Nonfiction/Informational

4.

Stories with magic, monsters, superpowers, or other things that do not exist in reality.

a)

Fantasy

b)

Realistic Fiction

c)

Expository

d)

Science Fiction

5.

Stories with aliens, advanced technology, or futuristic weapons.

a)

Fantasy

b)

Realistic Fiction

c)

Science Fiction

d)

Informational Text

6.

"Genre" means:

a)

category

b)

story

c)

author

d)

character

7.
A Dystopia is created by an apocolyptic event and _______.
a)
an oppressive society with a lot of governmental control
b)
a society that allows a lot of freedon
c)
a natural disaster
d)
a virus outbreak
8.

The supply ship was scheduled to arrive within the hour, and it would be just in time. The Mars colony was successful, but the farmers had still not mastered the art of teasing crops from the iron-rich, red soil. Most of the settlers relied on the dried food brought by the supply ship. It had been so long that most families had been subsisting on rice and the few skinny ears of corn they had managed to grow.

a)

realistic fiction

b)

science fiction

c)

historical fiction

d)

fantasy

9.

Genres include: biography, reference, autobiography, informational, newspaper.

a)

Fiction

b)

Nonfiction

10.

Select all the things that can be part of a Science Fiction book.

a)

Futuristic Setting

b)

advanced technology

c)

extra terrestrials

(aliens)

d)

set in the past

11.

This type of genre explains facts about specific topics and subjects.

a)

Fairytale

b)

Science Ficiton

c)

Poetry

d)

Informational

12.

What type of genre has emotions and action through dialogue and is

typically designed for theatrical performances?

a)

Poetry

b)

Fables

c)

Drama

d)

Historical Fiction

13.

What is the definition of Mystery?

a)

Story passed down from one group to another.

b)

Suspenseful story with a puzzling event that is not solved until the end.

c)

Story that use made up characters in a story that could happen in real life.

d)

Story that has events outside the main characters ordinary life.

14.

A ghost haunts an abandoned house that a young family just purchased. The ghost does everything in its power to keep the family from moving in.

a)

Dystopian

b)

Mystery/Horror/Thriller

c)

Science Fiction

d)

Biography

15.

The tethered dragon let out a roar, and a gush of flame flew over the goblins; The wizards fled, doubled-up, back the way they had come, and inspiration, or madness, came to Harry. Pointing his wand at the thick cuffs chaining the beast to the floor, he yelled, Relashio!

Determine the genre and explain why you chose that genre.

(a)