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The Heinlein Juveniles

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The Heinlein Juveniles game quiz
"Robert A. Heinlein began his career writing science-fiction adventure stories for young boys and girls. I'll give you a short description of the plot and you pick the title of the book."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Bill and his family emigrate to Ganymede and try to start a farm there. After planetquakes and blizzards they finally made a go of it. The Boy Scouts was also prominently featured.
    Tunnel in the Sky
    Farnham's Freehold
    Farmer in the Sky
    Between Planets


2. Juan decides to join the military after high school and ends up in the Mobile Infantry. Earth is being attacked by an alien race called "Bugs" and it is their job to go in and destroy the Bugs on their home planet.
    Starman Jones
    Starship Troopers
    Citizen of the Galaxy
    The Star Beast


3. After running away from his Ozark home, Max uses forged papers to get menial work aboard the starship Asgard. After the ship was lost through an uncharted anomaly and all others with astrogation skills died, he successfully pilots the ship back to known space, and is accepted as an apprentice astrogator by the Guild.
    Starship Troopers
    Rocketship Galileo
    Orphans of the Sky
    Starman Jones


4. Matt joins the Interplanetary Patrol and, after training, is assigned to a ship sent out to investigate a distress signal coming from Venus. After diffusing an interplanetary incident caused by an ex-classmate of theirs, they discover a lost ship which they pilot back to civilization.
    Starman Jones
    The Rolling Stones
    Red Planet
    Space Cadet


5. John's pet, Lummox, was handed down to him from his father, his grandfather and his great-grandfather. After Lummox escaped from his holding cell, she and John tried to hide out in the wilderness but were brought back when it was discovered that Lummox was a very important member of a race threatening to destroy the Earth.
    The Star Beast
    The Menace From Earth
    Red Planet
    Misfit


6. Hugh discovers the true nature of the Ship and finds out that there is a world beyond its steel walls. After being captured by the Muties, Hugh is shown the Outside and tries to convince the rest of the population of his discoveries.
    Tunnel in the Sky
    Time for the Stars
    Orphans of the Sky
    Rocketship Galileo


7. Thorby is bought by Baslim the Cripple from whom he learned the art of begging. After being smuggled aboard a ship of the Free Traders, he was handed off to the Hegemonic Guard to find his true identity.
    Double Star
    Methusela's Children
    Glory Road
    Citizen of the Galaxy


8. After winning a real spacesuit in a slogan contest, Kip finds himself aboard a spaceship heading to the moon with two other hostages. After a few adventures, Kip and Peewee find themselves having to defend the Earth in a trial that could end in the destruction of their own planet.
    I Will Fear No Evil
    Have Spacesuit, Will Travel
    Job: A Comedy of Justice
    Glory Road


9. Jim and his pet Martian, Willis, foil an attempt by the Company to prevent the colonists' regular migration to more tolerable climates. With the help of adult Martians he was able to warn the colonists about the Company's plans and to establish the colony's independence from control by Earth companies.
    Podkayne of Mars
    Red Planet
    Stranger in a Strange Land
    To Sail Beyond The Sunset


10. The heroine of this story is 8 years old with ambitions of becoming captain of a space liner. She was captured, along with her brother, by political enemies of her uncle. In the original published book she was injured in a bomb blast. In the revised book, which was Heinlein's first draft, she was killed in the blast.
    Red Planet
    Citizen of the Galaxy
    Double Star
    Podkayne of Mars

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