THIS IS NOT A TEST. THERE ARE
NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS. YOU CAN HELP
TEACHERS LEARN MORE ABOUT BOOKS YOU LIKE. CIRCLE THE
ANSWER UNDER THE QUESTION WHICH TELLS HOW YOU FEEL.
AGE_____ GRADE_______
NAME______________________________________________________________
1. Do you like stories about people who think there is
something wrong with themselves, or they have a hard
life, and this causes problems?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
2. Do you like mystery books which make you guess who is
doing something, or what is
happening?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
3. Do you like books that keep you guessing what will
happen next, better than stories where
you know what will happen next?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
4. Do you like stories in which a person must try to do
something better than other people?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
5. Do you like survival stories in which someone must
struggle against nature?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
6. Do you like stories about people who use words that
are strange to you?
!
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
7. Do you like books in which the characters are not
always good or always bad, but instead
they act differently from time to time in the story?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
8. Do you like to know a lot about where and when
things happen before anyone in the
story starts talking?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
9. Do you like stories in which a character must
overcome something all by himself?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
10. Do you like suspense stories which make you wonder
when something you expect to
happen will actually happen?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
11. Do you like stories in which the main character is
different from you, better than stories
about people just like you?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
12. Do you like stories which first tell about
something that happened, and then go back to
explain how it happened, better than stories in which
things happen in order from start to
finish?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
13. Do you like stories in which the main character
acts differently from the way you would,
better than stories where you would act the same way?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
14. Do you like to first find out a lot of things
about the main character in a story, better than
getting right into what is happening in the story?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
15. Do you like stories where the main character must
first become a better person before he
can solve his problem?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
15. Do you like stories about things that happened a
long time ago in the past, better than
stories that happen today?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
17. Do you like stories about things that might happen
sometime in the future, better
than stories that happen today?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
18. Do you like stories in which, as soon as you know
where and when things are happening,
you can predict what the story will be about?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
19. Do you like books in which, as soon as you know
all the characters in the story, you can
guess what will probably happen next?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
20. Do you like stories in which people must learn not
to be afraid to try to do something?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
21. Do you like stories in which the characters are
trying to trick or outwit each other or
someone else?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
22. Do you like longer stories in which the main
character has to learn to act more grown up
before he can do something he wants to do?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
23. Do you like books which surprise you, or have a
surprise ending?
NO!
NOT AT ALL!
No, Not Much
Yes, A Little
YES! A LOT!
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