Generic Novel Test

Directions: Using the fictional novel of 100+ pages you have finished reading, answer the
following questions using complete sentences (except for numbers 1-3).

1. What is the title of your book? _________________________________________

2. Who is the author? __________________________________________________

3. What is the setting? Time _______________________________ (can be vague)

Place _______________________________

4. Who is the main character? Describe him/her using specific details about his/her physical
appearance and personality. Write at least 20 words.

5. Who is a minor character? Describe him/her using specific details about his/her physical
appearance and personality. Write at least 20 words.

6. What is the main problem of the book? In other words, what conflict keeps the whole
book going? (20 words or more)

7. How is the problem solved? (20 words or more)

8. What is a minor problem in the book? In other words, what is one obstacle the characters
face in trying to solve the original problem? (20 words or more)

9. How is this minor problem solved? (20 words or more)

10. How did the book end? Be specific.

11. Did you like the ending? _____ Why or why not? (20 words or more)

12. Write two level 1 questions that ask for basic facts from the novel.

a.

b.

13. Write two level 2 questions that make the reader imply or draw a conclusion about
something in the novel.

a.

b.

14. Write one level 3 question. Remember it should get to the heart of what the novel is
really about.

15. Describe one scene from the novel in specific details. This question counts twice. Write at
least 50 words.

16. If you could change one thing in the book, what would you change and why? If you say
you wouldn’t change anything, I will count this question wrong. (20 words or more)