Question Bank for Grade 4 English

In the passage below, what can you infer about the setting of the story?

When the men reached Oregon, they stepped out of their wagons and embraced. The journey was long and dangerous, but they made it. Soon, their families would follow their trail in their own wagons, leaving their homes in the East to meet them in this brand new land: the West.

• The story might take place on a different planet.

• The story might take place in the past.

• The story might take place in a desert.

• We can’t make any inferences about the setting from this passage.

Which questions about the story will the setting answer?

• What is the author's attitude toward the characters?
• Where and when does the story take place?
• Who are the people the story is about?
  Why and why did the author write the story?

Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

• a frog and a witch
• happy and loving 
• a high school in 1956
• love is stronger than fear

What is the setting of the passage below?
One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of the morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion. 

• winter in a train station of a busy city
• a hospital in the future
• a summer morning in a castle
• a grocery store in the 1980's

What are characters?

• The main things in a story

• The people who tell the story

• People in a story

Is the time included in setting?

• Yes, it is

• No, it isin't

The fat dog, who had just eaten dinner, stared at the man eating a sandwich.

• Shocked
• Angry
• Greedy
• Grateful

The problem in a story is the...

• theme
• resolution
• climax
• conflict

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition
• rising action
• climax
• resolution

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution