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Jane in the Jungle With a Twist

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Jane in the Jungle With a Twist game quiz
"My vacation is finally here, and I plan on curling up on the couch and delving into several good books. Perhaps you've read a few of those I plan on enjoying this week - but how well do you remember them?"

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1. 'We got a future' brought tears to my eyes, but 'I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you' actually made me cry. George and Lennie repeat these phrases in which John Steinbeck novel?
    Tortilla Flat
    Of Mice and Men
    East of Eden
    In Dubious Battle


2. I've just finished reading the classic that combines chillblains, consumption, cruelty, heartbreak, deceit, romance and mystery - and the English estate of Thornfield. Do you know which Bronte novel I just read?
    Wuthering Heights
    Agnes Grey
    Emma
    Jane Eyre


3. I found myself alternately smiling and scowling - and constantly hoping - as I read about the workhouse, the back alleys of London, a kindly old gentleman and his housekeeper, and a young boy trying to find his way through a very harsh life. Do you know which novel I just finished reading?
    Little Dorrit
    Billy Budd
    Oliver Twist
    Ethan Frome


4. Set in Chicago's stockyard district at the turn of the 20th century, Jurgis Rudkus and his family seem beset by tragedies in which Upton Sinclair novel?
    The Jungle
    Dragon Harvest
    Damaged Goods
    King Coal


5. I was actually seeing a shade of red as I was finally able to read about Pearl and Puritans and Chillingworth. But which 1850 novel was this?
    The Red Badge of Courage
    The Scarlet Letter
    Pale Fire
    The Scarlet Pimpernel


6. Robert Jordan was courageous and decisive in this novel set during the Spanish Civil War - and the last 70 hours of his life. The story also featured such strong characters as Pilar, El Sordo and Anselmo. Have you read this classic?
    As I Lay Dying
    The Old Man and the Sea
    For Whom the Bell Tolls
    A Bell For Adano


7. The Pyncheon's old decaying mansion had me shivering for a while, as did the curse that seemed to haunt the New England family. Hepzibah, Phoebe and Hargrove Maule kept me reading, until Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel came to an end. Do you recognize the name of this 1851 book?
    The Last of the Mohicans
    The House of the Seven Gables
    Light in August
    Tanglewood Tales


8. Suddenly I have an urge to go rafting, explore a cave, sign a blood oath and listen in at my own funeral! Do you know which book I just put back on the shelf?
    Tom Sawyer
    Huckleberry Finn
    Lord Jim
    Native Son


9. I found it powerful, and revolutionary, but Old Major, Boxer, Napoleon and Squealer were prominent figures in which political satire?
    The Prisoner of Zenda
    Brave New World
    Light in August
    Animal Farm


10. Frankly, I am not sure that tomorrow will be another day, at least not for the author of the American classic I just enjoyed. In 1949 she was struck by a car at Peachtree and 13th Street in Atlanta, and died five days later. Do you know the title of the book that brought her fame?
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    As I Lay Dying
    The Pearl
    Gone With the Wind


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Compiled Jun 28 12