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1st Hour Reading - 3rd Nine Weeks Final

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Introduces the characters and setting of the story

a)

genre

b)

resolution

c)

exposition

d)

theme

2.

The most suspenseful moment of the story

a)

conflict

b)

climax

c)

protagonist

d)

genre

3.

Events that make the conflict worse

a)

falling action

b)

rising action

c)

conflict

d)

setting

4.

How do they start to fix the conflict?

a)

falling action

b)

climax

c)

exposition

5.

The leading character, hero, or heroine, of the story

a)

antagonist

b)

character

c)

protagonist

6.

A character or group of characters that stand in opposition to the main character

a)

antagonist

b)

protagonist

c)

author

7.

It is a category of literature. Science fiction, mystery, and historical fiction are three of many.

a)

setting

b)

genre

c)

inference

d)

epic

8.

It is the sequence of events in a story

a)

plot

b)

main event

c)

irony

9.

It is the perspective from which a story is told.

a)

Literary terms

b)

characterization

c)

Point of View

d)

narrator

10.

It is an object, character or idea used to represent something else.

a)

classic

b)

dialogue

c)

tone

d)

symbol

11.

Simile

a)

A comparison without using "like" or "as"

b)

The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later

c)

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

d)

A comparison using "like" or "as"

12.

Metaphor

a)

A comparison without using "like" or "as"

b)

A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent something else

c)

A struggle between opposing forces

d)

Main character in a story

13.

Personification

a)

Anything that stands for or represents something else

b)

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

c)

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

d)

The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

14.

Theme

a)

Changes over the course of the story

b)

The author simply tells you a character’s personality

c)

An idea or message the writer wishes to convey about the subject

d)

The main character in a work of literature; is involved in the central conflict

15.

Characterization

a)

A struggle between two opposing forces.

b)

The time and place of the story.

c)

The way a writer reveals the personality of a character

d)

An idea or message the writer wishes to convey about the subject

16.

A conclusion or opinion (“educated guess”) that draws on known facts, evidence, or intuition to fill in missing information

a)

hypothesis

b)

Exposition

c)

Plot diagram

d)

inference

17.

The extra information in a particular point in a text. It can be a note that includes a comment or explanation.

a)

analogizing

b)

annotating

c)

answers

d)

analysis

18.

__________ is an interruption in a narrative that depicts events that have already occurred, either before the present time or before the time at which the narration takes place. This device is often used to give the reader more background information and details about specific characters, events, plot points, and so on.

a)

allusion

b)

metonymy

c)

synecdoche

d)

flashback

19.

How long has Commonwealth existed as a town?

a)

three years

b)

five years

c)

one year

d)

two years

20.

What war is taking place during the story in the novel The Last Town on Earth?

a)

Vietnam War

b)

WWII

c)

WWI

d)

Korean War

21.

Why is this flu called the Spanish Flu?

a)

The United States stated they had no cases and it had not started there.

b)

Spain took responsibility because they were not cautious during flu season.

c)

The war began in Spain and they believe the flu started there at the same time.

d)

Spain reported news on the flu and war, and since they did, it was believed they were the cause.

22.

Why did the novel begin with discussing the flu in Timber Falls?

a)

Timber Falls was totally destroyed by the flu and the author wanted to show how devastating the flu was to communities all over America.

b)

Timber Falls is where the characters are originally from, and the author wanted to show why they came to Commonwealth instead of staying in Timber Falls.

c)

Timber Falls was full of terrible characters and the author is eventually going to show us what happens to them because they deserve a terrible fate.

d)

The author is showing us Timber Falls first because the surviving residents of Timber Falls will have to merge with Commonwealth when the flu is over.

23.

What is the one true thing that Commonwealth has that almost every other town in the world has?

a)

Church

b)

Jail

c)

Store

d)

Bank

24.

What is a Wobbly?

a)

Union Representative

b)

Mill Owner

c)

Logger

d)

River Driver

25.

What is the American Protective League - APL?

a)

People that speak out for the war - on streets, at the movies, or at any other organized event.

b)

People that speak out against the war to try and prevent losing any more Americans to this war.

c)

A league of officers that arrest people for protesting the war.

d)

A league of people that arrest other people for going against the war in any way.