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World Book Day 2020

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote the Twilight series of novels?

a)

J.K Rowling

b)

Roald Dahl

c)

Stephanie Meyer

d)

Suzanne Collins

2.

Who created Tracy Beaker?

a)

Jacqueline Wilson

b)

Roald Dahl

c)

Suzanne Collins

d)

J.K. Rowling

3.

‘Warhorse’, ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ and ‘Why The Whales Came’ are all novels by which bestselling children’s author?

a)

Jane Austen

b)

Patrick Ness

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

Michael Morpurgo

4.

Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy

are key characters in which

Jane Austen novel?

a)

Emma

b)

Pride and Prejudice

c)

Sense and Sensibility

d)

Northanger Abbey

5.

What type of animal was Moby Dick?

a)

Tiger

b)

Cat

c)

Cow

d)

Whale

6.

‘Oliver Twist’, ‘Nicholas Nickleby’ and

‘A Christmas Carol’, are all novels by

which Victorian author?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

J.B. Priestley

d)

Roald Dahl

7.

‘Prospero’, ‘Miranda’, ‘Ariel’ and ‘Caliban’ are all characters from which Shakespeare play?

a)

Romeo & Juliet

b)

The Tempest

c)

Much Ado About Nothing

d)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

8.

What is the most widely distributed,

most translated and best selling book

of all time?

a)

Harry Potter

b)

Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

c)

The Bible

d)

Alice in Wonderland

9.

Charles Dickens was a writer

in which period of history?

a)

Elizabethan

b)

Victorian

c)

Edwardian

d)

Jacobean

10.

Name this character and his companion.

a)

Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple

b)

Harry Potter and Hermione Granger

c)

Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen

d)

Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson

11.

Mowgli ‘the man cub’ was a character in Disney’s adaptation of which classic novel?

a)

The Jungle Book

b)

Life of Pi

c)

Into the Jungle

d)

The Rainforest

12.

The first Harry Potter film has the same name as the book. What is it?

a)

Harry Potter and The Prizoner of Azkaban

b)

Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone

c)

Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire

d)

Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince

13.

Aslan is a character in which famous book series?

a)

The Chronicles of Narnia

b)

Harry Potter

c)

The Hunger Games

d)

His Dark Materials

14.

Suzanne Collins is the author of

famous book series where children

are selected to take part in a televised

death match. What is it called?

a)

Harry Potter

b)

Divergent

c)

The Hunger Games

d)

Percy Jackson

15.

The hobbits Meriadoc Brandybuck

and Peregrin Took are affectionately

known as what?

a)

Pippin and Doc

b)

Took and Brandy

c)

Merry and Pippin

d)

Merry and Sad