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1 trivia quiz  Cynthia Voigt's "Angus and Sadie" icon
This book is different from Cynthia Voigt's others in that its main characters are dogs. It portrays the thoughts and feelings much like what the animals might have if they were real.
Very Difficult 10Q
54 plays
Jul 15 08
collies_4_me
2 trivia quiz  Victor Villasenor's "Rain of Gold" icon
This is one of the best books I have ever read, it is the history of Victor's parents. The questions will not be in order.
Difficult 10Q
72 plays
Mar 20 07
jericha
3 trivia quiz  Burro Genius icon
This is a quiz about Victor Villasenor's book "Burro Genius". Also, the questions will not be in order.
Tough 10Q
60 plays
Mar 11 07
jericha
4 trivia quiz  Homecoming icon
This test is based on the book "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt.
Average 10Q
99 plays
Aug 19 06
flutist12
5 trivia quiz  Judge Dee icon
Dr. Robert van Gulik wrote a series of detective stories featuring Judge Dee, a district magistrate in Tang China. The judge is assisted by Ma Joong, Chiao Tai, Tao Gan, and Sergeant Hoong. Questions are about the judge and his adventures.
Tough 10Q
63 plays
Jan 22 06
bexze
6 trivia quiz  "Keep Your Hair On" Trivia icon
This is just a quiz on a book by E Vercoe I've been reading at the moment, about a girl who has lymphatic cancer.
Tough 10Q
51 plays
Aug 10 05
cheekybunny555
7 trivia quiz  Jack Vance Stories icon
How well do you know your Vance? Find out with these ten questions from ten different books.
Very Difficult 10Q
78 plays
Jul 31 04
Mugaboo
8 trivia quiz  Jack Vance's "The Dying Earth" icon
Among Jack Vance's voluminous works of fantasy is the "Dying Earth" series. These are purest "suspension of disbelief" fantasies set in the far future when the sun has become a red and flickering remnant.
Difficult 10Q
66 plays
Dec 16 02
brian59

Some sample questions from this category:

* Three of these characters from the first book in the series, "The Dying Earth", are villains (or worse); one is a hero. Can you guess which one?
* Mad King Cutt ordered Phandaal, the Arch-Necromancer, to create many weird beasts for his private zoo (and then let them loose on the countryside as a joke). Which of these is NOT one of these hybrid monsters?
* The next book in the "Dying Earth" series is "The Eyes of the Overworld", in which Cugel the Clever is sent by Iucounu the Laughing Magician to recover magic cusps enabling the viewer to see the Overworld. Why did Cugel agree to perform this task?
* Cugel got in major trouble with the sorceror Pharesm for doing what?
* After joining pilgrims to Erze Damath by raft, Cugel crosses swords with one Lodermulch. What is his usual job?
* Cugel manipulates the idol at Erze Damath (a little bribery in the right areas, know what I mean?)so that the pilgrims are ordered to cross which desert?
* Cugel finally gets back to Almery to find Iucounu behaving bizarrely. Why?
* Cugel's further adventures lead him to take a job as town butcher of a certain community. His employment is terminated and he leaves under a cloud (in fact, just ahead of a howling mob!) Why?
* Cugel falls in with a man with a magic salve which renders things weightless, leading to several curious adventures. How does one use this salve?
* What was the name of Alys' home town?
* What did Alys' father do for a living?
* Who was the first to let Alys know that she had been accused of being a witch?
* What was the name of the wheel-maker who made false accusations of Alys doing witchcraft?
* What did the dragon transform into when it first met Alys?
* What did the dragon Alys met want her to call him?
* What did Alys disguise herself as in order to get revenge on the Inquisitor?
* What did Alys try to do in order to get revenge on Gower and his family?
* Whom did Alys agree to stay with in the end of the story?
* In "Trullion:Alsator 2262" what is the name of the game played by the Trill and others in the Alastor Cluster?
* In "Lyonesse", how does Aillas escape the pit that King Casmir put him into?

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