Nonfiction Test
What to Expect
1. Friday, April 15: 5 paragraph in-class thematic essay based on the nonfiction
pieces we’ve read; open note.
2. Monday, April 18: 50 question scan-tron test (matching and multiple choice)
What to Study for Essay and Scan-Tron (# of scan-tron questions in parenthesis)
1. Know the definitions of these nonfiction terms (7 questions):
 persuasive essay
 expository essay
 narrative essay
 biography
 autobiography
 memoir
 nonfiction
2. Review the following nonfiction pieces (20 questions):
 “On Becoming Human” by David Kreiger
 “I Have a Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (6 questions)
 “Cinderella’s Stepsisters” by Toni Morrison
 “The Michael Jordan Nobody Knows” by Bob Greene (4 questions)
 Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (3 questions)
 “Not Poor, Just Broke” by Richard Gregory (3 questions)
 from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and “New Directions” by Maya Angelou
 Stealing Buddha’s Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen (4 questions)
3. When reviewing the above pieces, be sure to know the:
 Type of nonfiction (persuasive, expository, biography, etc.)
 Events in the piece (i.e. what happened?)
 Theme
 Tone of Quotes
 Mood of Quotes
 Author’s purpose
4. Review the documentary When We Were Kings directed by Leon Gast (13 questions):
 Know the 3 parts of a documentary
 Examples of each part of a documentary in the film
 Theme
 Tone of Muhammad Ali quotes
 Plot
 Type of nonfiction (persuasive, expository, biography, etc.)
5. On the scan-tron test, you will be asked to read a nonfiction piece we’ve not covered in
class and answer MME type questions based on that piece (10 questions).
**This portion of the test counts as 1/5 of your final exam grade!**