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Nancy Farmer has had three Newbery Honor Books (short-listed for the award) and she won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for "The House of the Scorpion". Most of her work is written for children and young adults.
3 Nancy Farmer quizzes and 35 Nancy Farmer trivia questions.
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  House of the Scorpion    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on a really great book, "House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer.
Average, 10 Qns, theironknight, Dec 15 07
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theironknight
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  The Sea of Trolls    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on my favourite book "The Sea of Trolls" by Nancy Farmer.
Average, 10 Qns, theironknight, Sep 06 08
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theironknight
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  "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz has mixed questions about the book "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm". Remember, the questions in this quiz are not necessarily in chronological order.
Average, 15 Qns, magicards, Mar 02 17
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magicards
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trivia question Quick Question
What illness did all three of the children get?

From Quiz ""The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer"




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Nancy Farmer Trivia Questions
1. What is the clone's full name?

From Quiz House of the Scorpion

Answer: Matteo Alacran

Matt Alacran was harvested inside a cow using some of El Patron's DNA. He was created to keep El Patron living in case an organ failed.

2. What culture is Jack?

From Quiz The Sea of Trolls

Answer: Saxon

Jack is a Saxon from a Saxon town. His dad's name is Giles Crookleg and his sister is Lucy. Jack is enlisted to become the Bard's apprentice at the beginning of the book.

3. In which year was this book set?

From Quiz "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Answer: 2194

This book was set in Zimbabwe in the year 2194.

4. Who takes care of the clone mainly?

From Quiz House of the Scorpion

Answer: Celia

When he was younger, Matt lived in the poppy fields with Celia, the house maid. Rosa is an evil house maid who locks Matt in a room filled with sawdust and Willum is the head doctor. Mr. Alacran is a descendant of El Patron.

5. Who is the magic man that lives in a shack in Jack's town?

From Quiz The Sea of Trolls

Answer: The Bard

The Bard is an old man who lived in a shack and is brought food every day by the boys of the village. He takes Jack on as his apprentice and shows him how to conjure fog, and starts on showing him how to make fire.

6. General _______ was Tendai, Kuda, and Rita's father.

From Quiz "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Answer: Matsika

General Matsika helped keep everyone safe.

7. What were the children trying to do when they ran away?

From Quiz "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Answer: earn a Scout badge

The children were trying to earn the adventure scout badge by going to the other side of the city, camping out once they were on the other side, then coming back.

8. Who is the father of Emilia and Maria?

From Quiz House of the Scorpion

Answer: Senator Mendoza

Emilia and Steven get married later on in the book but when Senator Mendoza thinks Matt poisoned Furball, he orders him to stay away from Maria and never to see her again.

9. Who are the strange group of people that try to purchase Jack?

From Quiz The Sea of Trolls

Answer: Picts

The Northmen are about to sell Jack to the strange blue, tattooed Picts but Olaf thinks Jack can be his "skald" so he doesn't sell him or Lucy.

10. What was Arm's special power that he lost at the end of the book?

From Quiz "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Answer: mind reading

Arm was able to read minds at uncanny times, but at the end of the book, he couldn't do it anymore.

11. What school does Maria go to in San Luis?

From Quiz House of the Scorpion

Answer: Convent of Santa Clara

Maria goes away for a large portion of the year to the Convent of Santa Clara in San Luis. When Matt ran away from Opium, he landed in Aztlan and was taken to San Luis from there but it was a while before he saw Maria again.

12. What is the boar's name, in the Viking village?

From Quiz The Sea of Trolls

Answer: Golden Bristles

Golden Bristles is a "wild" boar who lives in the Viking village. Rune is a helpful man who goes into the water to get their bearings. Jack befriends Golden Bristles and Golden Bristles in return helps him out.

13. Where did the She Elephant live?

From Quiz "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Answer: Dead Man's Vlei

The She Elephant was a big creature who made the kids dig for plastic in the mines of Dead Man's Vlei.

14. Who is the first Keeper Matt meets?

From Quiz House of the Scorpion

Answer: Raul

Raul is a Keeper near Opium and Jorge and Carlos are Keepers in San Luis; Carlos is the Head Keeper. Chacho is a Lost Boy who went with Matt and Fidelito to San Luis on the hovercraft.

15. There are two Vikings' lands near Olaf's home, one is Einar the Ear-hoarder, the other is _________ the Mauler.

From Quiz The Sea of Trolls

Answer: Magnus

Olaf attacks Einar the Ear-hoarder's village for disrespecting them. He slaughters the whole village, killing men, women, children and everything.

16. Where did the children go after they escaped the She Elephant?

From Quiz "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Answer: Resthaven

After the kids escaped from Dead Man's Vlei, Rita remembered the Mellower's mother's address from a letter she had sent her son.

17. What is almost all food made of in the harvesting area in San Luis?

From Quiz House of the Scorpion

Answer: Plankton

Carlos loves plankton and tries to make everything out of it including burgers. Matt thought the plankton was sticky and glueish. There are shrimp harvesters in San Luis but they never get to eat shrimp. They do eat a fair amount of beans though.

18. Why did the children get kicked out of Resthaven?

From Quiz "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Answer: the natives thought they brought misfortune

The people of Resthaven first thought they were witches because they brought twins to a woman, which was considered a misfortune. After much deliberation, they just kicked them out.

19. Who drives the shrimp harvester in San Luis?

From Quiz House of the Scorpion

Answer: Ton-Ton

Ton-Ton is the suck-up Lost Boy who gets to drive the shrimp harvester and clean the Keeper's rooms. Jorge is a cruel Keeper and Fidelito is a small Lost Boy who came to San Luis with Matt and Chacho.

20. What is another name for trolls?

From Quiz The Sea of Trolls

Answer: Jotuns

The Jotuns are an intelligent, mind-communicating race who live high up in the cold mountains. They look frightening but are actually a nice race.

21. What was the Mellower's mother's real name?

From Quiz "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Answer: Mrs. Horsepool-Whittingham

The Mellower's mother took care of the children until they were taken away by Masks.

22. What did Tam Lin kill by accident?

From Quiz House of the Scorpion

Answer: 20 children

Tam Lin tried to blow up the embassy with a bomb but didn't know a bus holding 20 children was coming and he ended up killing the children. That's why he and Daft Donald went to Opium.

23. Who gets burned in a funeral pyre and why?

From Quiz The Sea of Trolls

Answer: Olaf, killed by troll-bear

Olaf and Thorgil fought against a troll-bear when they landed in Jotunheim. Thorgil was incapacitated early and unable to help Olaf who still managed to kill the troll-bear. When he died, he was burned with the troll-bear in a pyre for the Vikings to see.

24. What illness did all three of the children get?

From Quiz "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Answer: chicken pox

Rita got it first, then Kuda and Tendai caught it from her.

25. Why can't Daft Donald talk?

From Quiz House of the Scorpion

Answer: He had his throat cut

Daft Donald has his throat cut a long time ago and Matt assumed he couldn't talk because he was a mute. Tam Lin is scared from the explosion he planted at the embassy.

26. What is it of Freya's that she wanted to sacrifice Lucy to?

From Quiz The Sea of Trolls

Answer: Fen

Freya was intent on sacrificing Lucy to Freya's Fen but if Jack went to Jotunheim and completed his task, she would be free. Freya was the one who ended up in Freya's Fen in the end. Thank you for playing.

27. Who captured the children from the Mellower's mother and took them to the Masks?

From Quiz "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Answer: She Elephant

The She Elephant captured the children and took them to the Masks, after being hot on their trail for a long time.

28. What did Eye always do on their way up the elevator of the Mile-High Mcllwaine?

From Quiz "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Answer: fainted

Eye was scared of heights, so whenever they went up the elevator, he fainted.

29. What was the Masks' true name?

From Quiz "The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Answer: Godwanneans

Everyone was afraid to speak their name.

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