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Point of View and citing evidence Quiz

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10 questions

Note from the author:

roosevelt middles school 6th grade

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Question 1

1.

What point of view is this sentence?

Lucy tried as hard as she could, but she still couldn’t get the soccer ball in the net.

A: 1st person

B: 3rd person

C: 2nd person

D: Lucy

Question 2

2.

Select all of the sentences that are written in 1st person.

A: I went to the kitchen to get a snack. 

B: She ran across the yard to get the ball.

C: My brother and I got into a fight. 

D: Yesterday, I went to the movies. 

E: After eating lunch, he put up his tray. 

Question 3

3.

Write a sentence in 1st person.

Question 4

4.

What point of view is the sentence written in?

As I gazed at the beaches of Hawaii, I couldn't believe my eyes.

A: 2nd person

B: 3rd person

C: 1 and 1/2 person

D: 1st person

Question 5

5.

Select all of the sentences that are written in 3rd person.

A: I want to dress up as a pug for halloween.

B: She went to the halloween party. 

C: Yesterday, I bought my halloween costume. 

D: What do you want to be for halloween?

E: After she ate all of her sister's candy, she fell asleep.

Question 6

6.

Write a sentence in 3rd person.

Question 7

7.

What point of view is this sentence written in?

Brody decided that today was the day he would build his lego set.

A: 1st person

B: 2nd person

C: 3rd person

D: Brody

Question 8

8.

Read the passage below and answer the question:
What is the average‐sized home in the U.S.? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.(Required!!!)

In a country where the average home size is 2400 square feet, some people are making a radical
lifestyle change. Embracing the philosophy that “less is more”, these vanguard homeowners are scaling
back on the stuff, and choosing to value activity over accumulation. How? By building and living in a
“tiny house”!

A: 1st person

B: 2nd person

C: 3rd person

D: nonfiction

Question 9

9.

Read the passage below and answer the question:
Why did Josh and Larry go to the pet store? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.(Required!!!)

Josh and Larry hurried into the pet store. They’d been working for weeks, and saving up their allowance, for
just this very moment. They stopped in front of the 55‐gallon terrarium and gazed down at the green iguana. His round eyes rolled up in their direction beneath lazy, pale green lids.

Question 10

10.

How does kyle feel about his trip to the diner? Use evidence from the text to answer the question.

Every time Kyle went to the diner, he ordered a bacon cheeseburger with no ketchup and extra cheese. Today when he went, the restaurant was out of cheese, and he was devastated. While everyone else happily ate their lunch, he grumbled to himself about his bad luck.