1. Seedfolks Characteristics of Fiction Review

2. A. theme B. main idea C. tone D. context
The main message about life that the author wants a reader to learn from a story is the:
A. theme B. main idea C. tone D. context

3. The mood of a selection is best described as:
A. The writer’s attitude toward the subject or audience B. What a piece of literature or a passage is mostly about C. A main element of short stories D. The feeling the reader experiences while reading a piece of literature

4. Which of the following statements best describes realistic fiction?
A. The characters are real people from history who are involved in real events.
B. The plot is based on true stories of real people
C. The characters are everyday people, involved in real life situations that take place in the present.
D. The plot is set in present with a theme everyone can relate to.

5. A. resolution B. tone C. conflict D. climax
The struggle between a character and some other person or thing in a story, which is usually revealed during the exposition, is called the:
A. resolution B. tone C. conflict D. climax

6. Which of the following best describes dialect?
A. talking that takes place between characters B. changes in a language due to geographical or social differences C. the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or the character D. the atmosphere or feeling a writer creates for the reader

7. Angry Peaceful Sad Excited
The black limousine pulled up to the imposing building. The family members who stepped out of the vehicle seemed to shrink under the massive weight of the day. The rain fell in heavy streaks across their faces as they walked toward the final resting place of their loved one. One of these four terms best describes the tone of the selection:
Angry
Peaceful
Sad
Excited

8. Suspenseful Concerned Light-hearted Angry
Delilah's heart raced as the seconds ticked by on the clock. She heard a shuffling of papers behind her, but she paid no attention. Her mind was focused on her own work. She knew that if she did not finish, the next four years of her life might be completely ruined. Sweat dripped from her forehead. She brushed it away quickly, and bubbled in the last answer as the instructor called, “Time’s up.” One of these terms describes the mood of the passage:
Suspenseful
Concerned
Light-hearted
Angry

9. First Person Second Person Third Person Fourth Person
I plopped down in my seat and stared at my assignment. It was clear to see that the teacher hated me. Why would she ask me for my homework in front of the class when she knows I didn’t do it? What a grinch! She’s always picking on me because she wants me to be embarrassed. I’ll show her. I won’t finish my work, and then she’ll be sorry. What is the point of view of this story?
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
Fourth Person

10. Patty the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in a pail on her head. As she went along she began calculating what she would do with the money she would get for the milk.  "I'll buy some chickens from Farmer Brown," she said, "and they will lay eggs each morning, which I will sell to the baker's wife. With the money that I get from the sale of these eggs, I'll buy myself a dress and a fancy hat; and when I go to market, won't all the young men come up and speak to me! Polly Shaw will be so jealous; but I don't care. I’ll just look at her and toss my head like this— As she spoke she tossed her head back, the pail fell off it, and all the milk was spilt. So she had to go home and tell her mother what had occurred. "Ah, my child," said the mother: “Do not count your chickens before they are hatched!”

11. Which of the following BEST describes the CONFLICT of the story?
Patty does not like her mother.
Patty’s mother is trying to find her a husband.
Patty wants to make money so that she can buy new things.
Patty can’t find any chickens to buy.

12. Why did they have to be so cruel?
They taunted him. They called him poor and made fun of his ragged clothes and dirty face. When they walked by, he simply wished he was invisible.
Why did they have to be so cruel?
They could never know what it was like. They had grown up in castles with servants and fine foods. He had worked in the fields from the time he was 6 years old until now, his hands bleeding, to provide food for the king’s lazy, favored nobles.

13. It creates a suspenseful mood.
What is the significance (importance) of the lines, “They could never know what it was like. They had grown up in castles with servants and fine foods. He had worked in the fields from the time he was 6 years old until now, his hands bleeding, to provide food for the king’s lazy, favored nobles.” ?
It creates a suspenseful mood.
It helps the reader understand the theme.
It gives the reader clues about the setting.
The reader understands why the children will not play with him.

14. A, D, C, C, B, C, A, A, C, C