1. Reference Skills How much do you know?

2. If you were doing a report on an animal, and you kept using the word “interesting” too many times, what is the easiest resource you could use to find a word to replace “interesting?” a. atlas b. index c. thesuarus

3. Answer c. thesuarus

4. If you were doing a project on Mexico, and you need to draw a map for your poster, what is the best resource to use? a. Table of contents b. atlas c. dictionary

5. Answer B. atlas

6. If you were reading in a science book and came across a bold- faced word that you didn’t know, where could you quickly find the definition? A. thesaurus B. dictionary C. glossary

7. Answer C. glossary

8. If you heard a word you didn’t know, how could you find out the word’s definition? A. Use a dictionary. B. Use an encyclopedia. C. Use an index.

9. Answer A. Use a dictionary.

10. If you were doing a report on “rattlesnakes,” and you had a book entitled Snakes of North America, and you just wanted to read the pages about rattlesnakes, what would be the best way to find them? A. Flip through the book. B. Use the guide words. C. Use the index.

11. Answer C. Use the index.

12. What would be the author’s purpose in writing a book entitled, How Mountains Are Formed? A. to entertain B. to inform C. to persuade

13. Answer B. to inform

14. What would be the author’s purpose in writing a book about a talking dog? A. to entertain B. to inform C. to persuade

15. Answer A. to entertain

16. What would be the author’s purpose in writing a letter to the principal asking that students not be given break detention? A. to entertain B. to inform C. to persuade

17. Answer C. to persuade

18. What genre is a book about Abraham Lincoln? A. fiction B. biography C. drama

19. Answer B. biography

20. What genre is a story about the Civil War with made-up characters? A. Biography B. Nonfiction C. historical fiction

21. Answer C. historical fiction

22. What genre is a book about whales? A. fiction B. nonfiction C. historical fiction

23. Answer B. nonfiction

24. If you wrote the story of “The Three Bears” in a way that could be acted out in a play, what genre would that be? A. poetry B. drama C. nonfiction

25. Answer B. drama

26. A book, newspaper, magazine, thesaurus, encyclopedia, internet web site, and index can all be used as ________ for a project. A. resources B. genres

27. Answer A. resources

28. If you were doing a report on alligators, and you had a big book from the library entitled All About Reptiles, where could you find the pages about alligators? A. glossary B. title page C. Table of contents

29. Answer C. Table of contents