Literature Test Review

What is a story's time, place, and background?

In plot development, what part of the story wraps things up, tying up loose ends?

What is the sequence of actions and events in a literary work?

Who or what are the people or other beings that take part in the action of a story or novel?

What is the main idea of a piece of literature?

At what point in the plot does the conflict cause the tension to increase?

In plot development, what part of the story provides background information?

In plot development, what is the time that occurs after and shows the effects of the climax?

In Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack's house and the giant's castle are examples of what?

Which of the following demonstrates plot in Jack and the Beanstalk?

Identify the question type: "Why does Jack believe the man when he says the beans are magic?"

Identify the connection type: Jack and the Beanstalk and a how-to article about gardening.

Which type of question requires the reader to make value judgments outside of the text?

Identify the connection type: Jack and the Beanstalk and the film The Iron Giant.

Which connection relates the text to a book, a film, or a television program (usually fiction)?

Which type of question can be answered by directly pointing to information in the text?

Which connection relates the text to current events or history (usually nonfiction)?

In plot development, what is the point of highest tension or the turning point?

In Jack and the Beanstalk, Mother, Jack, and the giant are examples of what?

Identify the question type: "Was it right for Jack to steal the giant's property?"

Identify the question type: "What does Jack get in exchange for his cow?"

What type of question requires the reader to put facts and hints together from the text?

Identify the connection type: Jack and the Beanstalk and a student's own distaste for beans.

Which of the following is a theme of Jack and the Beanstalk?

Which connection relates the text to something that happened to the reader personally?