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Quiz about Friends in Need
Quiz about Friends in Need

Friends in Need Trivia Quiz


All these books feature animals, in one form or another, who offer love and support to their human or animal friends.

A multiple-choice quiz by looney_tunes. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
looney_tunes
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
394,421
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
410
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: LancYorkYank (9/10), Guest 66 (7/10), shuehorn (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What kind of animal is made real because of the love of a young boy in a children's book by Margery Williams? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What was the name of Black Beauty's kind owner, who cared for him when he was at his weakest and returned him to the ladies at his original home? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book', which of the following is unquestionably a friend of Mowgli? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which of the friends in 'The Wind in the Willows' (1908) is put under house arrest by the others? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which of the following characters in Richard Adams's 'Watership Down' is not a rabbit, but an indispensable avian friend of the warren? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Sheila Burnford's 'The Incredible Journey' is about three pets lost in the Canadian wilderness. Which is NOT one of them? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which one of her farm friends did Charlotte rescue from slaughter in E.B. White's 'Charlotte's Web' (1952)? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What were the main animal friends of Christopher Robin in A. A. Milne's 'Winnie-the-Pooh' based on? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What is the name of the boy Lassie goes on a long journey to see in her debut 1940 novel, 'Lassie Come-Home', by Eric Knight?
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What kind of animal is Richard Parker, who accompanies Piscine Molitor Patel (known as Pi) on his sea voyage in Yann Martel's 'Life of Pi'? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What kind of animal is made real because of the love of a young boy in a children's book by Margery Williams?

Answer: a stuffed rabbit

In 'The Velveteen Rabbit', subtitled 'How Toys Become Real', a toy rabbit dreams of becoming real. After being initially ignored by his owner, the boy comes to have a liking for the Velveteen Rabbit and both become attached to the other. However, the Velveteen Rabbit is ordered burned after the boy gets scarlet fever because they might be infected. The Velveteen Rabbit sheds a tear at this news and a fairy appears from a flower to transform the Velveteen Rabbit into a real rabbit.

Question by JoePetz
2. What was the name of Black Beauty's kind owner, who cared for him when he was at his weakest and returned him to the ladies at his original home?

Answer: Farmer Thoroughgood

Farmer Thoroughgood purchased Black Beauty after Nicholas Skinner, the cruel cab owner, had been given the choice to either sell the horse or give him time to heal. It is Farmer Thoroughgood who offers the horse to the ladies of Birtwick Manor, who recognize him as the happy colt who had first lived there and had been owned by Squire Gordon.

Question by Ponycargirl
3. In Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book', which of the following is unquestionably a friend of Mowgli?

Answer: Bagheera

Bagheera, the black panther, is a friend and mentor to the man-cub Mowgli. Unknown to the other animals, he was actually born in human captivity. Shere Khan, the tiger, is Mowgli's primary nemesis, spending his life hunting down the boy which he considers his rightful prey. Hathi is the leader of the elephants and helps Mowgli destroy a village of evil humans, but the relationship cannot be called friendship. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a mongoose and appears in a 'Jungle Book' story that does not feature Mowgli at all.

Question by WesleyCrusher
4. Which of the friends in 'The Wind in the Willows' (1908) is put under house arrest by the others?

Answer: Toad

Toad loves to try the newest trendy craze. When caravan travel didn't turn out to be something he enjoyed, Toad decided to try motor cars. Oh, my! Toad is in trouble. He has had seven car accidents that put him into the hospital three times. Not only that, but he has spent a lot of money on fines. His friends are worried, and try to encourage him to end his reckless behavior. When that didn't work, they put him under house arrest. It doesn't work out well, however. Toad escapes his captors, is caught by the police, and is sentenced to twenty years in prison for his careless behavior.

Question by Ponycargirl
5. Which of the following characters in Richard Adams's 'Watership Down' is not a rabbit, but an indispensable avian friend of the warren?

Answer: Kehaar

Kehaar is, in fact, the only significant non-rabbit animal character in Richard Adams's 1972 novel 'Watership Down'. He is a black-headed gull who was forced to land at Watership Down because of a wing injury and was nursed back to health by the rabbits. His role in the novel is that of an aerial scout who manages to locate the Efrafa warren which ultimately provides the females the Watership Down warren will need to survive and thrive in the long term.

Question by WesleyCrusher
6. Sheila Burnford's 'The Incredible Journey' is about three pets lost in the Canadian wilderness. Which is NOT one of them?

Answer: Wolly, a broad-tailed parrot

'The Incredible Journey' follows the two dogs and the cat of the Hunter family, who believe they have been lost and set out to find their home again. With several hundred miles of Canadian wilderness and multiple geographic, animal and human obstacles against them, their chances are slim but their friendship finally sees them through. The story has been made into a Disney movie twice, in 1963 and 1993. In the latter version, the protagonists are named Shadow, Chance and Sassie.

Question by WesleyCrusher
7. Which one of her farm friends did Charlotte rescue from slaughter in E.B. White's 'Charlotte's Web' (1952)?

Answer: Wilbur

Charlotte is a spider who lives in Homer Zuckerman's barn. She makes friends with a pig named Wilbur, who had been separated from the other pigs because he is the runt of the litter. Lonely and with few friends, Wilbur meets Charlotte; when Wilbur finds out, however, that he is to be slaughtered soon, Charlotte helps him by weaving praises to Wilbur in her web. These messages in the webs make Wilbur famous and save his life. Charlotte, however, dies after laying her egg sac, leaving Wilbur with some new spider friends to keep him company.

Question by Ponycargirl
8. What were the main animal friends of Christopher Robin in A. A. Milne's 'Winnie-the-Pooh' based on?

Answer: Stuffed animal toys owned by the author's son

Christopher Robin, the names given to the human protagonist of the 'Pooh' stories, were the first and middle name of the author's son. His animal friends were based on stuffed animals that Milne had bought for his son at Harrods in the 1920s. Five of the six toys survive to the present day - Winnie (although the toy was called Edward), Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger and Kanga. The sixth toy, Roo, was lost.

Question by WesleyCrusher
9. What is the name of the boy Lassie goes on a long journey to see in her debut 1940 novel, 'Lassie Come-Home', by Eric Knight?

Answer: Joe

'Lassie Come-Home' tells the story of Lassie, a border Collie, and her long, arduous journey to reunite with Joe Carraclough. The Carracloughs were forced to sell Lassie because they had fallen on hard times during the Depression. But the bond Lassie felt for Joe was too strong and she needed his companionship. This book was Lassie's debut novel although she had previously appeared in a similarly plotted short story in 'The Saturday Evening Post'.

Question by JoePetz
10. What kind of animal is Richard Parker, who accompanies Piscine Molitor Patel (known as Pi) on his sea voyage in Yann Martel's 'Life of Pi'?

Answer: Bengal tiger

The other animals were also on the lifeboat where Pi found himself after the ship on which his family was sailing to America sank. Although their relationship is not the kind of friendship one would usually expect, their mutual to-and-fro interaction is important in helping Pi survive the desperate voyage, and he is heartbroken when Richard Parker disappears into the jungle after they land in Mexico. Or at least, that's one version of the events.

Question by looney_tunes
Source: Author looney_tunes

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