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Review of Reading Genres

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mrs. Johnson called her robot-maid into the room. "Charlotte," she said, "I need to fabricate dinner for ten. I'd also like a holographic performance of the symphony. Charlotte beeped her agreement and whirred away.

a)

Realistic Fiction

b)

Historical Fiction

c)

Science Fiction

d)

Fantasy

2.

A boy growing up in a humble shack in a poor mountain town realizes as he grows older that the silver bracelets he has always worn seem to be growing with him. They have never been tight, but they have never been loose. Clearly, they are enchanted. He wonders whether they have magical powers.

a)

Science Fiction

b)

Historical Fiction

c)

Fantasy

d)

Realistic Fiction

3.

Marta stomped out to the pasture. She was annoyed that she had been sent to call in the herd of unicorns and that she was forbidden from using magic to do so.

a)

Science Fiction

b)

Realistic Fiction

c)

Historical Fiction

d)

Fantasy

4.

Being a chimney sweep was a difficult life. Jimmy knew how dangerous it was but

with three younger siblings and his father away at sea, he needed every shilling

he could find. Imagine his surprise when was called to work at Buckingham Palace, even Queen

Victoria had chimneys to be swept!

a)

Fantasy

b)

Historical Fiction

c)

Realistic Fiction

d)

Science Fiction

5.

Marcus approached the odd looking craft. He was startled when a creature emerged from it. The grey being appeared to be somewhat humanoid, but its head was bigger than that of a typical human, and its hands had just three long fingers.

a)

Historical Fiction

b)

Realistic Fiction

c)

Fantasy

d)

Science Fiction

6.

Meg is the narrator of this novel about becoming popular in high school and all the ways she was successful in getting attention.

a)

Realistic Fiction

b)

Fantasy

c)

Science Fiction

d)

Historical Fiction

7.

It wasn't her first time travel adventure, but Donna was still nervous. Every time she strapped in the machine and went back to the 1950s, she worried she'd be trapped there. Certainly, her study of the past was valuable to other scholars, but the notion of being forever locked in a time without the technologies she counted on was terrifying.

a)

Fantasy

b)

Science Fiction

c)

Historical Fiction

d)

Realistic Fiction

8.

What genre of fiction includes magic, fantastic beings, and often takes place in a faraway time?

a)

Fantasy

b)

Science Fiction

c)

Mystery

d)

Realistic Fiction

9.

If you read a modern-day novel that seems so believable that you just "KNOW" that it is a true story it is probably

a)

Fantasy

b)

Realistic Fiction

c)

Science Fiction

d)

Historical Fiction

10.

The word "genre" means...

a)

music

b)

a kind or type

c)

art

d)

a genius

11.
Stories that take place in a certain time and place in the past.
a)
realistic fiction
b)
historical fiction
c)
fantasy
d)
folktales
12.

Story including magic, talking objects and usually a conflict between good and evil.

a)

mystery

b)

historical fiction

c)

fantasy

d)

realistic fiction

13.
Star Wars is an example of what genre?
a)
historical fiction
b)
realistic fiction
c)
science fiction
d)
informational
14.
A crime is committed. In finding the criminal, a detective must unravel a web of clues before pinning down the suspect. 
a)
mystery
b)
realistic fiction-adventure
c)
folktale
d)
fantasy
15.

Which of these genres would most likely have a character who is a wizard?

a)

science fiction

b)

mystery

c)

fantasy

d)

horror

16.

A literary work produced from a writer's imagination

a)

biography

b)

autobiography

c)

fiction

d)

non fiction

17.

a long narrative, usually divided into chapters

a)

short story

b)

fable

c)

novel

d)

myth

18.
a brief story or poem, usually containing animal characters; teaches a moral or a life lesson
a)
fable
b)
legend
c)
tall tale
d)
myth
19.

any story that is composed orally and then passed on by word of mouth; literature handed down from one generation to the next; may deal with heroes, magic or adventure

a)

short stories

b)

fables

c)

folk literature

d)

mythology

20.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST FALLS IN WHICH SUB-GENRE?

a)

FABLE

b)

LEGEND

c)

FAIRY TALE

d)

HORROR

21.

What genre is described as:

"A made up story set in the past."

a)

Historical Fiction

b)

Adventure and Survival Fiction

c)

Horror Fiction

d)

Humor Fiction

22.

What genre is this?

A choice of words using sound and rhythm to inspire thoughts and feelings.

a)

Historical fiction

b)

Poetry

c)

Fantasy Story

d)

Mystery story

23.

A story about a real life person which is written by somebody else is called...

a)

An autobiography

b)

A mystery

c)

A biography

d)

a science fiction story