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Year 10 NOVEL KEY TERMS test

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the AUTHOR of Noughts and Crosses?

a)

Marjorie Darke

b)

Malorie Blackman

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

Michael Morpugo?

2.

What narrative perspective is used by the author?

a)

First person

b)

Omniscient narrator

c)

Dual narrative (Third person.)

d)

Dual narrative (first person)

3.

What is the PROTAGONIST in a novel?

a)

Weather represents the mood .

b)

The main character(s)

c)

The main character (who creates conflict for other characters)

d)

The order in which events happen,

4.

What is the ANTAGONIST in a novel?

a)

A main character who creates conflict for other characters.

b)

A plot element that hints at something to come later in the novel.

c)

The sequence of events that create the story of the novel.

d)

The category of story that describes the primary content of the novel.

5.

What does the word PLOT mean ?

a)

The category of story that describes the primary content of the novel.

b)

The character who creates conflict for the other characters.

c)

The sequence of events that create the story of the novel.

d)

A literary device that hints at later events in the novel.

6.

What is the GENRE of the novel Noughts & Crosses?

a)

Crime Thriller

b)

Science Fiction

c)

Dystopian

d)

Adventure and /or Action

7.

What is meant by the term FORESHADOWING?

a)

The category of story that describes the main content of the novel.

b)

The sequence of events that create the story of the novel.

c)

The order in which events happen.

d)

A literary device that hints at later events in the novel.

8.

What does the term THEME mean?

a)

The main idea or underlying message in the novel.

b)

The category of story that describes the main content of the novel.

c)

The writer’s message conveyed through plot, characters, setting, dialogue, etc.

d)

The way a writer has used setting, objects and characters’ thoughts to create mood for the writer.

9.

What is the SETTING for Noughts & Crosses?

a)

An alternative 21st century Britain.

b)

An alternative 21st Century Africa

c)

An alternative 21st Century America

d)

An alternative 21st Century Australia.

10.

What do noughts and crosses represent?

a)

The weapons used to attack and injure other people of a different race/culture.

b)

People of different races/cultures