Greyling

Which statement is true about fiction?

• It can contain imaginary people and animals.
• It can contain only facts and ideas.
• It can contain only real people and animals.
• It can take place only in the present time.

Which of the following is a type of fiction?

• article
• short story
• essay
• biography

Which of the following is an example of fiction?

• a letter from a spider
• a report that compares types of spiders
• an essay about spiders
• an article on how spiders spin webs

Which of the following is the best description of the plot of a piece of fiction?

• the conflict
• the time and place
• the series of events
• the point of view

Which term names the problem that characters in a story must face and solve?

• the setting
• the novel
• the conflict
• the essay

Which statement is true about a work of fiction in which the narrator is a character in the story?

• It is told in the first-person point of view.
• The narrator knows what the other characters think.
• It is told in the third-person point of view.
• The narrator knows what the other characters want.

Who is the narrator of “Greyling”?

• the fisherman
• the fisherman’s wife
• Greyling
• a narrator who is not a character

What is the setting of “Greyling”?

• a village by the sea
• a magic village under the sea
• a ship at the bottom of the sea
• a seal colony in the Arctic Sea

At the beginning of “Greyling,” what conflict do the main characters face?

• They are very poor, and they do not have enough food.
• Their fishing boat is destroyed in a bad storm.
• They are sad because they have no children.
• They are sad because seals do not live along the shore.

How does the fisherman feel at the beginning of “Greyling”?

• He is upset because his fishing business is not doing well.
• He is scared because he is almost drowning during a terrible storm.
• He is sad because he secretly wishes that she had a child.
• He is lonely because Greyling has returned to the sea.