Fiction Mixture for Young People of All Ages Quiz / Test | Literature

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1. "Shadow in Hawthorn Bay", published in 1988, is a book about a girl with the gift of "second sight". Who is the author of the book, who also wrote the "The Hollow Tree"?

Answer: Janet Lunn

The heroine of the book is a 15 year-old Scottish girl, Mary Urquhart, who "hears" her cousin Duncan calling for help. Duncan happens to be in Canada and the young girl embarks on a hazardous journey in a hostile and unknown land in an attempt to save him. Janet Lunn is a Canadian author who writes novels, non-fiction and illustrated books.

Some of her books are "The Root Cellar", "Double Spell", "Amos's Sweater", "Duck Cakes for Sale" and "The Country".

2. "Visions" is a trilogy by American author Lisa McMann. In the first book in the trilogy a girl is having visions of a terrible accident. What is the name of this book, first published in 2013?

Answer: Crash

The girl is named Jules and her recurring vision is of an out of control truck that crashes into a building and explodes. Lisa McMann is an American author whose work includes the "Wake" trilogy and the "Unwanteds" series.

3. "Pearls of Lutra" is a fantasy novel by British writer Brian Jacques published in 1996. What kind of mammal is Lutra?

Answer: Otter

The emperor of Sampetra Ublaz sends his lizards to Redwall, where the residents are trying to solve a series of riddles and a young otter makes a bow and arrows from a yew tree in order to avenge her family. The book is part of the series "Redwall". The scientific name of the otter is Lutra lutra.

4. John Green published his sixth novel in 2012. The story is told by a 16 year old girl with cancer. According to the author, the fault is in where?

Answer: Our Stars

The novel "The Fault in Our Stars" was made into a film in 2014 with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff in the leading roles. The girl telling the story, Hazel Lancaster, is attending a support group at the insistence of her parents, where she meets Augustus Gate, a former basketball player. John Green is an American author.

His first book, "Looking for Alaska", was published in 2005 and was followed by "An Abundance of Katherines"in 2006. The photo is simply titled "Stars".

5. In 1980 Eric Wilson's sleuths were searching for a lost treasure in Toronto. Where was the search conducted?

Answer: Casa Loma

Tom Austen and his sister Liz are trying to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the owner, Sir Nigel Brampton, and find the hidden priceless diamonds. "The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma" was first published on the first of January 1980. Eric Wilson is a Canadian author, and his novels deal with the adventures of the brother and sister team. The photo's title is "Casa Loma Gate".

6. In this 1991 adventure by Geoffrey McSkimming, archaeologist Jim and his assistent Doris are in "Search of Martenarten". What is Jim known as?

Answer: Cairo Jim

Jim lives near Cairo and, apart from Doris, a talking macaw, he has another assistant , a camel called Brenda. Other books featuring Jim include "Cairo Jim on the Trail to ChaCha Muchos", "Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret" and "Cairo Jim and the Alabastron of Forgotten Gods". Geoffrey McSkimming is Australian and, as he says on his web-site, he "Writes stories, poems, scripts and shopping lists when he needs to do it".

The photo is titled "Pyramids".

7. This eponymous book by Charles Dickens describes the adventures of an orphan boy. What is the name of Dickens's second book, that was published in 1839?

Answer: Oliver Twist

Oliver's mother dies shortly after his birth and the boy spends the first nine years of his life in an orphanage. Dickens is regarded as the greatest Victorian age writer. Apart from the four books listed as options he also wrote "Tale of Two Cities", "A Christmas Carol", "Great Expectations" and "Bleak House", to name but a few. The photo's title is "Twist".

8. Two lonely children create a magical kingdom in the forest. They imagine themselves as the king and queen and play games involving intruders, magical spells and other fantasies. The magical kingdom is called Terabithia. What is the name of the book written by Katherine Paterson?

Answer: Bridge to Terabithia

The two protagonists are Jess Aarons, who dreams of being the fastest boy in his grade, and Leslie Burke, a girl who moves next door to Jess and who beats all the boys in the race. They soon become friends, and together they create Terabithia. Katherine Paterson is an American author who wrote more than 30 books, most of them for children and young adults. Books by Paterson include "Jacob Have I Loved", "Come Sing, Jimmy Jo", "Bread and Roses, Too" and "Preacher's Boy". "Bridge to Terabithia" was made into a film in 2007 with Josh Hutcherson as Jess and AnnaSophia Robb as Leslie.

The photo is titled "Bridge".

9. The eponymous book by Mark Twain tells of the adventures of a young boy growing up near the Mississippi river. What is the name of the young boy?

Answer: Tom Sawyer

Tom always gets into mischief and Aunt Polly, who loves him very much, tries in vain to curb his enthusiasm. Mark Twain wrote several books about life on the Mississippi. Injun Joe is the main antagonist in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Hank Morgan is the hero in "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", and David Wilson is the protagonist in "Pudd'nhead Wilson".

The photo is titled "Sawyer".

10. "Wings" is the first of four books about Laurel, a fifteen-year old girl who finds out that she is a faerie. What is the surname of the author Aprilynne?

Answer: Pike

Aprilynne Pike is an American author and "Wings" was her debut novel. The other three books in the series are "Spells", "Illusions" and "Destined". The book was first published in 2009. The photograph is called "Pike". Pike is a freshwater fish and its scientific name is Esox lucius.

Source: Author gme24

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