Book+Reports


 * Book Report Questions**.

Choose one of the questions for your report format. You can use a question only once. Type a full-page double-spaced using 12 pt font to answer your question. Correctly cite the title using MLA format at the bottom of the page. At the top of the page type the question that you have chosen to answer and remember to include your name.

1. What would this story be like if the main character were of the opposite sex? (Works well with a first person point of view novel). 2. Why is the story set where it is (not what is the setting)? (Works well with a historical fiction novel).

3. If you were to film this story, which characters would you eliminate if you couldn’t use them all? (Works well with a novel with multiple secondary characters).

4. Would you film this story in black and white, color, or a combination? (Works well with novels that include lots of flashbacks or foreshadowing).

5. How is the main character different from you? (Works well if you are very much alike or different – compare yourself).

6. Why or why wouldn’t this story make a good TV series? (Works well with episodic novels or books with sequels).

7. What is one thing in this story that has happened to you?

8. Reread the first paragraph of chapter one. What is in it that made you read on? (Works well with a book that hooked you right away. Make sure you are referring to the first paragraph and not the cover, first chapter, etc).

9. If you designed a new cover for this book, what would it look like? (Works well for one with a cover you don’t like. Don’t forget to describe what the old cover looks like and why you don’t like it).

10. What does the title tell you about the book? Does it tell the truth? (Works well with titles that are a play on words).