Definitions
Historical Fiction
What's the Word?
100

What is a coaching book?

A book that Chinese immigrants would study to pass immigration interrogations on Angel Island.

100

A literary genre where the story takes place in the past; capturing the details of the time period as accurately as possible. 

a. Historical Fiction

b. Realistic Fiction 

A. Historical Fiction

100

The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

a. Immigration

b. Immigrants 

c. Nomad

A. Immigration

200

What was Angel Island?

An immigration station in San Francisco Bay, where immigrants entering the United States were detained and interrogated.

200

Is Paper Son an example of Historical Fiction?

Yes

200

A robber or outlaw belonging to a gang typically operating in an isolated area.

a. Paper Son

b. Bandit

C. Interrogator

b. Bandit

300

What is a Paper Son?

Term used to refer to Chinese people who were born in China and illegally immigrated to the United States by purchasing fraudulent documentation which stated that they were blood relatives to Chinese Americans who had already received U.S. citizenship.

300

True or False: In Historical Fiction the character's aren't real but the events are 

True

300

A person who questions someone closely, aggressively, or formally.

a. Bandit

b. Interrogator

c. Immigrant 


b. Interrogator

400

What is an Interrogation room? 

A secure interview room or hard interview room

400

Is the book "Friends for Freedom" an example of Historical Fiction

It is NOT

400

A person who interprets, especially one who translates speech orally.

Interpreter

500

What is a Famine? 

An extreme scarcity of food

500

Name an example of Historical Fiction? 

example: Magic Treehouse

500

Expel (a foreigner) from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status or having committed a crime.

Deported