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Book Quizantine: Episode 5!

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What university was J.R.R. Tolkien a professor?

a)

Cambridge

b)

Oxford

c)

Yale

d)

Harvard

2.

In the graphic novel "Glitch" by Sarah Graley, what is the name of the video game Izzy and Eric play?

a)

Dungeon Crawler

b)

Dungeon Land

c)

Dungeon City

d)

So Many Dungeons

3.

What novel does this line belong to: "Stay gold, Pony Boy."

a)

Franny and Zooey by JD Sailnger

b)

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

c)

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

d)

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

4.

Which novel written by Charles Dickens features a case of spontaneous combustion?

a)

A Tale of Two Cities

b)

Great Expectations

c)

Oliver Twist

d)

Bleak House

5.

True or False, Agatha Christie's first published novel also introduced the character Hercule Poirot?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

This novel is credited as being the first to have been written on a typewriter, what is it?

a)

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

b)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

c)

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

d)

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

7.

In "The Hunger Games", what is an Avox missing?

a)

Nose

b)

Eyes

c)

Tongue

d)

Ears

8.

Lampie and the Children of the Sea by Annet Schaap has been shortlisted for the 2020 Carnegie Medal. In it, Lampie gets sent to live where?

a)

The Dark House

b)

The Black House

c)

The Bleak House

d)

The Death House

9.

"Dragon Hoops" by Gene Luen Yang is an amazing comic for basketball fans, what is the name of Gene's other award winning comic?

a)

Chinese Born

b)

American Born

c)

American Born Chinese

d)

Land of Promise

10.

In "Evernight" by Ross Mackenzie, where does Larabelle scavenge for treasure?

a)

The woods behind her house

b)

Rubbish dump

c)

Sewers

d)

Beaches

11.

At the beginning of "Crater Lake" by Jennifer Killick, a man runs into the school coach screaming about what animal?

a)

wolves

b)

spiders

c)

snakes

d)

bears

12.

In "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens, how much does the board of gentleman at the workhouse offer people to take Oliver off their hands?

a)

£17

b)

£5

c)

£3

d)

£50

13.

In the novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" who does Dorothy meet first, the tin man, the scarecrow or the lion?

a)

Scarecrow

b)

Tin man

c)

Lion

14.

In "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" Harry wins a bottle of Felix Felicis, also known as what?

a)

Liquid Courage

b)

Liquid Luck

c)

Liquid Love

d)

Liquid Strength

15.

In the Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf, what fruit plays a role in the novel?

a)

banana

b)

pomegranate

c)

apple

d)

durian

16.

In "Guts" by Raina Telgemeier, the main character is suffering from what?

a)

Anxiety

b)

Depression

c)

Stomach pain

d)

All of the above

17.

Which novel features a girl trying to run for student council president?

a)

Geek Girl

b)

Real Friends

c)

Invisible Emmie

d)

Vote For Effie

18.

"The Boxer" by Nikesh Shuklah deals with racism in what UK city?

a)

Bristol

b)

Sheffield

c)

Birmingham

d)

Manchester

19.

In "Sticks and Stones" by Abby Cooper, what is the main character's ability?

a)

She can read minds

b)

Her hair grows at a fast rate

c)

She knows everyone's death date

d)

Any name she is called appears on her skin

20.

Which comic is about teens who suspect their teacher is a vampire?

a)

Anya's Ghost

b)

All My Friends are Ghosts

c)

Fake Blood

d)

The Witch Boy

21.

What kind of game is featured in the novel "Slay" by Brittany Morris?

a)

Board Game

b)

Multiplayer Online Game

c)

Arena Fighting

d)

Rap Battle

22.

What kind of creature is the villain in the novel "Malamander" by Thomas Taylor

a)

Bigfoot

b)

Mothman

c)

Mer-Man

d)

Grey Alien

23.

In "The Twits" by Roald Dahl, what do the Twits eat on Wednesdays?

a)

Bird Pie

b)

Boiled Boots

c)

Fish Pizza

d)

Pickled Partridge

24.

In "The Witches" by Roald Dahl, what does the Grand High Witch intend to purchase?

a)

All the schools in England

b)

All the sweet shops in England

c)

All the hospitals in England

d)

All the cinemas in England

25.

Which recent middle grade book is about a girl and her family fleeing to India in 1947?

a)

The Breadwinner

b)

Amal Unbound

c)

The Night Diary

d)

Running on the Roof of the World

26.

In the middle grade novel The Game Masters of Garden Place by Denis Markell, what type of game do the friends play?

a)

Call of Duty

b)

Dungeons and Dragons

c)

Fortnite

d)

Settlers of Catan

27.

This is one of the most popular manga at Glenthorne High School and is about a super hero from the City of Z, what is it?

a)

Assassination Classroom

b)

My Hero Academia

c)

One Punch Man

d)

Fairy Tail

28.

Name this hugely popular YA!

a)

Maze Runner

b)

Hunger Games

c)

Skullduggery Pleasant

d)

The Recruit

29.

Recently released, name this great YA thriller!

a)

Two can keep a secret

b)

Good Girl, Bad Blood

c)

People Like Us

d)

The Dark Inside

30.

In the YA thriller "The Leaving" by Tara Altebrando, how many children go missing?

a)

4

b)

10

c)

3

d)

6

31.

What century is "Where the World Ends" by Geraldine Mccaughrean set?

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

17th

d)

20th

32.

Moonbeam is the main character of what award-winning YA?

a)

Release

b)

After the Fire

c)

Saint Death

d)

Wed Wabbit

33.

the title "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas is taken from what hip hop artist?

a)

Dr. Dre

b)

Snoop Dog

c)

Tupak Shakur

d)

Ice Cube

34.

What is the name of the cult in Will Hill's "After the Fire?"

a)

God's Soldiers

b)

Lord's Army

c)

Lord's Legion

d)

God's Angels

35.

In "Holes" by Louis Sachar, what is the first artefact that Stanley finds at Camp Greenlake?

a)

Snoopy toy

b)

gold coin

c)

shotgun shell

d)

lipstick tube

36.

This famous villain is described by their creator as being a "self-hating bully", who is it?

a)

Long John Silver

b)

Dracula

c)

Voldemort

d)

Captain Hook

37.

This famous literary character is never actually given a name in the novel, who is it?

a)

Moby Dick

b)

Mr. Hyde

c)

Dracula

d)

Frankenstein

38.

What is the name of Roo's mother in the Winnie the Pooh stories?

a)

Kanga

b)

Nova

c)

Polly

d)

Ruby

39.

This is the first line of what novel "This is my favourite book in all the world, though I have never read it."

a)

The Princess Bride

b)

The Bell Jar

c)

Watership Down

d)

Peter Pan

40.

This is the opening line of what classic novel: "Mother died today."

a)

The Stranger by Albert Camus

b)

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

c)

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

d)

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

41.

"The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas is set in what fictional neighbourhood?

a)

Garden Heights

b)

Green Meadows

c)

Garden Place

d)

Garden Palace

42.

In "Looking for Alaska" by John Green, what is the main character obsessed with?

a)

Macabre stats

b)

Famous last words

c)

Comic books

d)

Mountains

43.

In "Drama" by Raina Telgemeier, what school play is Callie helping with?

a)

Moon Over Mississippi

b)

Cat On a Hot Tin Roof

c)

Streetcar Named Desire

d)

Billy Elliott

44.

Which novel was banned in some libraries in the U.S. for its "extreme religious viewpoint"?

a)

The Kite Runner

b)

Captain Underpants

c)

The Hunger Games

d)

To Kill a Mockingbird

45.

In HG Wells' "The Time Machine" what are Morlocks?

a)

Martians who will invade Earth in 3412

b)

Evil creatures descended from humans

c)

Wizards who built the Time Machine

d)

Dinosaurs feeding on prehistoric men

46.

In Dickens' "David Copperfield" what is Miss Trotwood always chasing out of her garden?

a)

Cats

b)

Rabbits

c)

Foxes

d)

Donkeys

47.

In "The Count of Monte Cristo" how does Edmond escape from prison?

a)

He digs a tunnel under the fence

b)

He fakes an illness to be taken to a hospital

c)

He poses as a dead prisoner to be dumped into the sea

d)

He buys off a guard with part of the Monte Cristo treasure

48.

What Canadian city is "Optimists Die First" by Susin Nielsen set?

a)

Vancouver

b)

Toronto

c)

Halifax

d)

Montreal

49.

In "The Guggenheim Mystery" by Robin Stevens, what painting is stolen?

a)

Kandinsky‘s In the Black Square

b)

Cezanne's The Card Players

c)

Picasso's Guernica

d)

Van Gogh's Starry Night

50.

As of writing this question (14 May) what is the #1 Middle Grade book on the New York Times bestseller list?

a)

The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs

b)

Wonder by RJ Palacio

c)

The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate

d)

Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid by Jeff Kinney