Settings Test

1. A time of day in a story could be _____________

The Civil War

Christmas

Chicago

Breakfast

2. When Jonathan woke up, he knew something was not right. There was no light coming through his curtains. His room was dark. His mom did not yell for him to eat breakfast. There was no smell of bacon. He slowly got out of bed and tiptoed to his curtain. Peeking behind his curtain, he saw mounds of snow piled outside. There was no chance that school was happening today. How do you know that the time of year is winter?

Jonathan woke up.

There was no smell of bacon.

....he saw mounds of snow piled outside.

There was no chance that school was happening today.

3. Sometimes the author makes the reader figure out the setting based on __________ in the story.

Questions

The title

The conflict

Clues

4. The time and place of a story is called the ________________

Conflict

Character

Setting

Theme

5. Janet sliced the onion on the cutting board over the sink. As the fumes from the onion rose, her eyes began to water. She was listening to some popular jazz music on the radio when a voice broke in, "This just in! Pearl Harbor has been attacked! Much of the American naval fleet in the Pacific has been destroyed. Will this attack bring the U.S. into the Second World War? More details to follow." Janet dropped the knife and covered her mouth. She remembered the first war. The place this story takes place is ___________________.

Pearl Harbor

The dining room.

A grocery store

A kitchen

6. The setting tells the _ and _ of the story.

Purpose and plot

Beginning and ending

Place and time

Adjectives and adverbs

7. The setting does not help the reader visualize the text.

True

False

8. The narrator may tell the reader exactly where and when the story takes place.

True

False

9. A setting that has Historical Importance could be:

The Civil War

The Gold Rush

First Man on the Moon

Anniversary of 911

All of the above

None of the above

10. Harold smirked and said, "Forget this." He turned off autopilot and grabbed the wheel of the hover car. "Harold, what are you doing? This is dangerous," said the machine. Harold laughed and said, "I'll show you danger," as he pulled the wheel back and piloted the car straight down through twelve lanes of traffic. The time that this story takes place is in the ________________.

Present

Past

Future

11. A story that involves castles and carriages would be set in the distant future.

True

False

12. If you were going to write a story about a ghost who is haunting the place where he died, a good setting would be ________________.

An abandoned house

A cruise ship

A car that crashed over a bridge

All of the above

None of the above

13. The setting allows the reader to form ___________________________

Questions

Expectations

New ideas

A character

14. As the sun set in the evening sky, Malcolm slowly turned and walked toward his home. All was silent and still. Through the window, he could see his older brother James watching a football game on the TV. James was home from his first year of college in the city. It was lonely at times, but Malcolm felt it was rather nice to not be in James' shadow during his senior year of high school. The Time of Year is ___________________

Summer

Easter

James' birthday

Fall

15. When Jonathan woke up, he knew something was not right. There was no light coming through his curtains. His room was dark. His mom did not yell for him to eat breakfast. There was no smell of bacon. He slowly got out of bed and tiptoed to his curtain. Peeking behind his curtain, he saw mounds of snow piled outside. There was no chance that school was happening today. What information is given so that the reader knows that it is morning.

........for him to eat breakfast.

There was no smell of bacon.

When Jonathan woke up.....

All of the above

None of the above

Settings Test

1. A time of day in a story could be _____________

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

3. Sometimes the author makes the reader figure out the setting based on __________ in the story.

4. The time and place of a story is called the ________________

6. The setting tells the _____________ and _____________ of the story.

7. The setting does not help the reader visualize the text.

8. The narrator may tell the reader exactly where and when the story takes place.

9. A setting that has Historical Importance could be:

11. A story that involves castles and carriages would be set in the distant future.

12. If you were going to write a story about a ghost who is haunting the place where he died, a good setting would be ________________.

13. The setting allows the reader to form ___________________________

6. The setting tells the _ and _ of the story.