Fiction vs Nonfiction Quiz

Grade 1 · English · Quiz

Test your ability to tell the difference between fiction and nonfiction.

Questions

Which book title sounds like nonfiction?
1. The Princess and the Dragon
2. All About Dogs
3. Sammy the Talking Squirrel
4. The Magic Rainbow
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Answer: All About Dogs
'All About Dogs' sounds like a book of true facts about dogs, making it nonfiction.
A book about how bees make honey is most likely ______.
1. fiction
2. a poem
3. nonfiction
4. a fairy tale
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Answer: nonfiction
A book explaining how bees really make honey is sharing true facts, so it is nonfiction.
What is a common feature found in nonfiction books?
1. Talking animals
2. Made-up characters
3. Photographs and labels
4. Magic spells
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Answer: Photographs and labels
Nonfiction books often use photographs and labels to show and explain real things.
Which word means 'made up and not real'?
1. Nonfiction
2. Fact
3. Fiction
4. Biography
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Answer: Fiction
Fiction means made-up and not real.
A book that tells the true story of Abraham Lincoln's life is ______.
1. fiction
2. a fairy tale
3. make-believe
4. nonfiction
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Answer: nonfiction
The true life story of a real person is nonfiction — specifically a type called biography.
Which is a clue that a book is fiction?
1. It has a table of contents
2. A cat talks and goes to school
3. It has photographs
4. It teaches facts about space
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Answer: A cat talks and goes to school
A cat that talks and goes to school is make-believe, which is a clue the book is fiction.
Nonfiction and fiction books can both be enjoyable to read.
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Answer: True
Both types of books have value — fiction entertains and builds imagination; nonfiction teaches real information.
A book with true facts about the real world is called ______.
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Answer: nonfiction
Nonfiction books contain true, real-world information and facts.

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