Narrator

At half-past nine, that night, Tom and Sid were sent to bed, as usual. They said their prayers, and Sid was soon asleep. Tom lay awake and waited, in restless impatience.

^{(Author: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)}

The narrator's name is _______________.

• Mark Twain

• Tom

• Sid

• unknown

At half-past nine, that night, Tom and Sid were sent to bed, as usual. They said their prayers, and Sid was soon asleep. Tom lay awake and waited, in restless impatience.

^{(Author: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)}

The narrator_________________________.

• is a story character.

• is a story character as well as the narrator.

• is the author.

• describes the action and characters but does not participate.

We hadn't been in the house more than an hour when the doorbell rang. I answered. It was this girl in a bathing suit.

"Hi," she said. "I'm Nancy Wheeler. The real estate agent sent out a sheet on you. So I know you're Margaret, and you're in 6th grade. So am I."

^{(Author: Beverly Cleary, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.)}

The narrator's name is __________________________.

• Beverly Cleary

• Margaret

• Nancy

• unknown

We hadn't been in the house more than an hour when the doorbell rang. I answered. It was this girl in a bathing suit.

"Hi," she said. "I'm Nancy Wheeler. The real estate agent sent out a sheet on you. So I know you're Margaret, and you're in 6th grade. So am I."

^{(Author: Beverly Cleary, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.)}

The narrator ____________________________________.

• describes a character but does not interact with the character.

• describes a character and interacts with the character.

• interacts with a character but does not describe the character.

• does not describe or interact with a character.

In sleep, my mother looks younger; still worn but not so beaten-down. Prim's faces is as fresh as a raindrop, as lovely as the primrose for which she was named. My mother was very beautiful once too. Or so they tell me.

^{(Author: Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games)}

The narrator of this selection is called__________________.

• Prim

• mother

• Suzanne

• another name

In sleep, my mother looks younger; still worn but not so beaten-down. Prim's faces is as fresh as a raindrop, as lovely as the primrose for which she was named. My mother was very beautiful once too. Or so they tell me.

^{(Author: Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games)}

The narrator __________________.

• is a story character.

• is a story character as well as the narrator.

• is the author.

• tells about the action but does not participate.

There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early), the cold winter had brought with it clouds so somber, and a rain so penetrating, that further outdoor exercise was not out of the question.

^{(Author: Charlotte Bronte, Jayne Eyre)}

The narrator's name is ________________________.

• Mrs. Reed

• Charlotte Bronte

• Mr. Reed

• another name

There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early), the cold winter had brought with it clouds so somber, and a rain so penetrating, that further outdoor exercise was not out of the question.

^{(Author: Charlotte Bronte, Jayne Eyre)}

Readers know that the narrator is also a character because _______________________________.

• The narrator observes details like the somber clouds.

• The narrator describes a habit of Ms. Reed.

• The phrase "We had been wandering" shows that the narrator interacted with a character.

• The narrator describes details in the story setting, such as the season is winter.

When Dorothy awoke the sun was shining through the trees and Toto had long been out chasing bired around him and squirrels. She sat up and looked around her. There was the Scarecrow, still standing patiently in his corner, waiting for her.

^{(Author: Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)}

The narrator's name is _____________________.

• Frank Baum

• Dorothy

• Toto

• unknown

When Dorothy awoke the sun was shining through the trees and Toto had long been out chasing bired around him and squirrels. She sat up and looked around her. There was the Scarecrow, still standing patiently in his corner, waiting for her.

^{(Author: Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)}

The narrator _____________________.

• is a story character.

• is a story character as well as the narrator.

• is the author.

• describes the action and characters but does not participate.