“What’s your genre?”

Fold your paper in half, hot-dog style. You will

record your answers on one side of the fold. We will use the other side at

the end.

For each question, choose the answers

that apply to you. Try to aim for the 3 or 4

best answers for you.

Questions before we start?

When with your friends, you like to:A. Spy on your neighbors; help find missing neighborhood petsB. Play role-playing games (Everquest, Dungeons & Dragons, Star Wars, Warhammer)C. Watch Modern Marvels, How It’s Made, or other shows about the newest gadgetsD. Sit around and talk about what’s going on in your lives; help friends with

problems at home or with relationshipsE. Talk on the phone; go shopping; gossipF. Play football, basketball, baseball, or other sportsG. Visit museums, art galleries, battlefields/ historical sitesH. Watch scary movies, tell ghost stories, scare younger brothers and sistersI. Watch Twilight, Vampire Diaries, or Angel over and overJ. Look for new places to explore; go camping, kayaking, white water raftingK. Draw cartoons or read comics; you have attended or wish you could attend Comic-Con

L. Tell jokes, play practical jokes, or just generally goof offM. Dance and sing Disney songs at the top of your lungs; watch fairy tale moviesN. Create useful things with Legos, gears, popsicle sticks, etc.

Which job do you like best for yourself:A. Crime Scene Investigator; detectiveB. Knight, sorcerer, seer, or princessC. Artificial intelligence expert; physicist; time-travelerD. Psychologist or psychiatrist; school guidance counselorE. Own a dating service; wedding planner; cosmetologist; personal shopperF. Sportscaster, athlete, or coachG. Historian; history teacher; museum curatorH. Grave digger; funeral director; inventor of a new fake blood; direct horror

moviesI. Ghost whisperer; vampire hunterJ. Storm chaser; pirate; international spyK. Graphic designer; video game creator; ninja warriorL. Comedian; clown; own a Spencer’s storeM. Singer or songwriter; storyteller; actor or actressN. Inventor; computer repair; engineer

Which movie/TV shows do you like best:A. CSI, Law and Order, Decoded, old episodes of Scooby DooB. Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia; Harry Potter moviesC. The Hunger Games; Transformers; Star Wars moviesD. My Sister’s Keeper; Bridge to Terabithia; Basketball DiariesE. Pretty Little Liars; Enchanted; Legally BlondeF. Remember the Titans; Gridiron Gang; Bad News BearsG. Pawn Stars; WWII movies; The History ChannelH. Disturbia, Paranormal Activity; ScreamI. Twilight movies; True Blood series; Vampire DiariesJ. Journey to the Center of the Earth; Pirates of the Caribbean; Castaway;

SurvivormanK. Naruto; Dragonball Z; PokemonL. Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies; Jeff Dunham; Family GuyM. Once Upon A Time; Beastly; GrimmN. How It’s Made; Prototype This; League of Extraordinary Gentleman; the

new Hugo movie

You love movies or books that:A. Have crimes, puzzles, or mysteries to solveB. Have dragons, magic, elves, and evil forcesC. Take place in the future; have robots, cool gadgets; setting may be in outer spaceD. Have real people with real problems—abuse, divorce, illness, death, gangs, drugsE. Have a great love storyF. Have something to do with sportsG. Tell a story that took place sometime in historyH. Are gory; are so scary you sometimes lose sleep at nightI. Have vampires, werewolves, ghosts, or zombiesJ. Have some sort of adventure or quest; lots of action! Have people who face

harsh conditions—deserts, extreme cold, marooned on a deserted island, etc.K. Have lots of pictures; violence doesn’t bother youL. Make you laugh!M. Have romance, castles, magic, or spin-off well-known storiesN. Have mechanical animals/people or genetically-mutated animals or people

Your friends/parents say you:A. Are curious; you ask a lot of questionsB. Play too many role-playing games onlineC. Are very inventive or are good at creating new things to make your life easierD. Are a good listener; you are a shoulder to cry onE. Are boy-crazy or girl-crazy; like to spend too much moneyF. Are great at catching, pitching, or kicking a ballG. Know a lot of useless facts (names, dates, etc)H. Scare them sometimesI. Are too obsessed with Twilight!J. Are a dare-devil; are always looking for an adventureK. Are practical and would be great at living in the woodsL. Are a class clownM. Are a drama-queen; are always singing or dancingN. Were born in the wrong time period

You would most like to meet:A. Nancy Drew; Sherlock HolmesB. A fairy, elf, dragon, or trollC. An alien; a space shuttle pilotD. Dr. Phil; Oprah Winfrey; Dr. OzE. Your true love, whoever that may be; F. Tony Romo; Dirk Nowitski; Josh HamiltonG. General George Patton; Florence NightingaleH. A real, brain-oozing zombieI. A vampire or werewolfJ. The Cast of Survivor; Sir Edmund Hillary (first to scale Mount Everest)K. Trey Parker (creator of South Park)L. Larry the Cable Guy; Chris RockM. Walt Disney; the cast of GleeN. Thomas Edison; Charles Darwin; Alexander Graham Bell

Open your folded paper. On the same-side of the sheet (beside the fold), write the letters A-K down

the side of your paper like this:

A.B. C.D.E.F.G.(etc.)

Write how many of each answer you put beside each letter:

A. 1B. 5C. 3D. 1E. 0F. 1G. 2(etc.)

Circle the three letters that have the highest numbers. (Some may have the same

number)

The circled letters are your top three genres based on

this quiz!

(Of course, you are always free to choose from any

genre you wish!)

A. Mystery (red)B. Fantasy (purple) or Mythology (red/white stripe)C. Science fiction (white)D. Realistic fiction (blue)E. Romance/chick lit (hot pink)F. Sports (orange)G. Historical fiction (yellow) or biography (B)H. Horror (black)I. Paranormal (lime green)J. Action-Adventure (Survival/pirates/spies) (dark green)K. Manga/graphic novels (black/white stripe)L. Humor (blue/white stripe)M. Fairy tales (green/white stripe)N. Steampunk (in the science fiction section) (white)