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POV - Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is the narrator for 1st person POV?

a)

outside the story

b)

inside the story

c)

both inside and outside the story

2.

Where is the narrator for 3rd person POV?

a)

outside the story

b)

inside the story

c)

both inside and outside the story

3.
“It all began when Ms. Frizzle showed our class a film strip about the human body.  We knew trouble was about to start, because we knew Ms. Frizzle was the strangest teacher in the school.” The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body, Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
a)
First Person
b)
Second Person
c)
Third Person Limited
d)
Third Person Omniscient
4.
What is the purpose of point of view?
a)
to let the characters know what the reader can see or hear
b)
to express the character's thoughts and allow the reader to see and hear the story in different ways
c)
to let the reader know what the author knows about a story
d)
to express the author's thoughts and feelings and allow the reader to know what the character's know
5.
How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?
a)
pronouns like I, my and him are used
b)
the author is addressing the reader
c)
the narrator is not in the story
d)
pronouns like I, my and we are used
6.
Third person omniscient point of view is when the narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of ______ characters.
a)
all
b)
one
c)
no
d)
more than three
7.
What is special about third person limited?
a)
The thoughts of most characters are revealed
b)
The thoughts of all characters are revealed
c)
The thoughts of one character is not revealed
d)
The thoughts of one character is revealed
8.
Which point of view do you see these signal words?
he, she, they, them, (character's names)
a)
First person
b)
Second person
c)
Third person
9.
Which point of view is the narrator "all - knowing" on the thoughts and feelings of more than two character?
a)
First person
b)
Third person limited
c)
Third person objective
d)
Third person omniscient
10.
What point of view: 
John said he was going to the pumpkin patch with his family. 
a)
1st person
b)
2nd person
c)
3rd person
11.
What point of view: 
I love pizza. It is my favorite food! 
a)
1st person
b)
2nd person
c)
3rd person
12.

Sarah and Jake were friends who liked to play baseball together. Sarah asked Jake to play baseball after school and Jake told her no. Sarah's feelings were very hurt by Jake.

a)

First person

b)

second person

c)

third person limited

13.

Joe and Billy were planning a game of soccer. Joe thought they should play at the park. Billy thought they should play at Joe's house. Billy and Joe finally agreed to play and the school park.

a)

third person limited

b)

third person omnicient

c)

first person

d)

third person - objective

14.

She went to her best friend's house to study. When she got there, she noticed how big her best friend's dog, Jasper, had gotten. They went outside and rode bikes, had dinner, and then she went back home.

a)

First Person

b)

Third Person Limited

c)

Third Person Omniscient

d)

Second Person

15.

Lisa went to her friend's house to play outside, and Lisa thought about how nice the weather was. When they went back inside, her best friend, Sam, wondered what they would have for dinner.

a)

Third Person Omniscient

b)

First Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Second Person

16.

When I went to the store, I saw one of my friends crying on the street. I walked to where she was and asked her what was wrong.

a)

Third Person Omniscient

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

First Person

17.

The house was old. The paint was peeling and some of the boards on the porch were missing. The lawn was completely overgrown and full of weeds. Some of the windows were broken too.

a)

first person

b)

third person - limited

c)

third person - omniscient

d)

third person - objective

18.

Krystal was only pretending to be asleep. Once her mom left, she would go back to reading her book. She had just gotten to the good part. How could she sleep now?

Mom almost laughed when she opened the door. Fake snoring, really? Did Krystal really think she was fooling anyone? Oh well, she used to read late into the night, too.

a)

first person

b)

third person - limited

c)

third person - omniscient

d)

third person - objective

19.

You might think that wicked stepmothers are just in fairytales, but I can tell you from personal experience that they are real. My dad's wife, Antoinette, is the real thing. She makes me do all of the chores while she and her real daughter sit around watching TV. She is always real sweet to me when my dad is around, so he doesn't have a clue.

a)

first person

b)

third person - limited

c)

third person - omniscient

d)

third person - objective

20.

Jesse watched the strange alien creatures from his hiding place behind the old log. They were all crowding around the lopsided space craft, which was obviously broken. "They must have crashed here and now they can't leave," Jesse thought. They didn't look dangerous. Maybe he should try to help them.

a)

third person - objective

b)

third person - limited

c)

third person - omniscient

d)

first person