WorksheetsEpic NRCQ prep quiz!
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 30mins
In Onjali Q Rauf’s The Boy at the Back Of the Class, which country has Ahmet come from?
Iran
Iraq
Afghanistan
Syria
What is the name of the sequel to Holes by Louis Sachar?
Small Steps
Big Steps
Small Shoes
Big Shoes
Who wrote The House with Chicken Legs?
David Walliams
Kate Saunders
Tamsin Winter
Sophie Anderson
In Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows, Rat is actually what kind of animal?
water vole
mouse
otter
possum
The collection of stories and poems published during lockdown and dedicated to NHS workers was called the The Book of ________?
Dreams
Words
Voices
Hopes
Which of these series by Enid Blyton is set in a school?
Famous Five
Secret Seven
The Adventure Series
Malory Towers
What kind of animal is Ed Vere's Mr Big classic picture book exploring themes of acceptance and tolerance?
Elephant
Gorilla
Hippo
Giraffe
Name as many of these characters in the Adventures of Tintin comic book series
(a)
In His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, which other surname is Lyra Belaqua given by Iorek Byrnison?
Parseltongue
Goldentongue
Silvertongue
Jeweltongue
In which popular series would you meet Nick, Charlie, Elle, Tao, Tori, Darcy, Tara and Nellie?
(a)
Where are the murder mystery books High Rise Mystery and Mic Drop by Sharna Jackson set?
The Hub
The Tri
The Square
The Circle
In Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book, what is Nobody Owens better known as?
Nob
Bod
Nobby
Brodie
Who is this author who died earlier this year?
Jacqueline Wilson
Shirley Hughes
Judith Kerr
Enid Blyton
In Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman, the character Persephone Hadley is better known as....?
Percy
Tony
Sephy
Sophia
Who is turned into a donkey in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Puck
Bottom
Demetrius
Peter Quince
What is the name of the island where Hiccup lives in How To Train Your Dragon?
Isle of Skye
Isle of Man
Isle of Berk
Isle of Hopeless
Who wrote the Hollow Earth fantasy adventure series?
JRR Tolkien
Philip Pullman
John and Carole Barrowman
Stephen and Lucy Hawking
Can you name this classic picture book and its author?
(a)
What in the name of the school in the Murder Most Unladylike series?
St Hilda’s
St Trinian’s
Deepdean
Thornhill
Which book is this introduction describing?
"Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown, Blue needs a break from colouring in all that water, while Pink just wants to be used. Green has no complaints, but Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking to each other."
(a)
Joan Aitken's classic retelling of European Folk Tales is called The Kingdom ______________?
in the woods
by the sea
under the sea
far away
Which Greek god is Percy Jackson's dad?
Zeus
Neptune
Apollo
Poseidon
Who wrote the Just William series about a mischievous schoolboy whose pranks and hi-jinks have been well-loved since 1922?
(a)
To which city does Emil travel alone in Erich Kastner's classic mystery Emil and the Detectives?
(a)
Which of these is NOT one of the rabbits in Watership Down?
Fiver
Bigwig
Thumper
Hazel
What is the name of Asterix's sidekick in the comics by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo?
(a)
What is James Trotter's middle name in Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach?
(a)
Which animal's blood does Charlie Ashanti exchange in Lionboy?
Lion
Tiger
Panther
Leopard
Which Dr Seuss book features these wise words "Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those who mind, don't matter, and those who matter, don't mind."
Oh The Places You'll Go
The Cat in the Hat
Green Eggs and Ham
The Lorax
In We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen, which words describe the long wavy grass?
Squelch squerch
Swishy swashy
Hoooo Woooo
Swish swoosh
What is the name of Fern's pet pig in EB White's Charlotte's Web?
(a)
In Harry Potter, what do you call someone who can talk to snakes?
Silvertongue
Parselmouth
Slytherin
Parseltongue
Which classic comic sci-fi novel by Douglas Adams features Arthur Dent, whose house is demolished and the Earth destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass?
(a)
What kind of shop does Charlie Moon's auntie run in Here Comes Charlie Moon by Shirley Hughes?
fish and chip shop
hat shop
joke shop
bakery
Who is this well-loved author who died in 2019?
(a)
What is the name of Charlie Higson's post-apocalyptic series where infected adults have turned into zombies?
Gone
Young Bond
The Dead
The Enemy
What is Ursula K Le Guin's best known fantasy novel?
The Wizard of Earthsea
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizards of Once
The TIme-travelling Wizard
What is the name of Jim Hawkins' ship in Robert Louis Stevenson's class pirate adventure Treasure Island?
Hispaniola
The Golden Hinde
Esperanza
THe Jolly Roger
In which city does Anne Frank write her diary after her family flee from Nazi Gemany?
Paris
Brussels
Bruges
Amsterdam
Which pioneering book with an autistic protagonist was written in the style of a dairy by 10 year old Libby Scott and author Rebecca Westcott?
Show Us Who You Are
Goodbye Perfect
Wonder
Can You See Me?
Who is the current Children's laureate?
Cressida Cowell
Michael Morpurgo
Michael Rosen
Malorie Blackman
Disney's Frozen is based on which Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
The Ice Queen
The Snow Queen
The Little Match Girl
In Clive King's Stig of the Dump, what is the name of the boy who befriends him in his chalk pit cave?
Barney
Barry
Basil
Bobby
Finish the title of this best-selling book about racial prejudice in a small town in the Deep South of America, To Kill A ____________
Nightingale
Hummingbird
Mockingbird
Mockingjay
What is the name of Adrian Mole's longtime crush is Sue Townsend's the Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4' series?
Victoria
Pandora
Cressida
Camella
What kind of bird does Danny's father poach in Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl?
pigeon
grouse
pheasant
partridge
Which dystopian book series starts with the line, "One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War..."
The Hunger Games
Gone
The Territory
The Maze Runner
In which novel by Susan Cooper does Will Stanton discover he has powers to help The Light fight the The Dark?
The Northern Lights
Into the darkness
The Dark is Rising
The Lighthouse Keeper
Which Michael Morpurgo novel features Joey and Topthorn?
Private Peaceful
Kensuke's Kingdom
Running Wild
War Horse
What can the magical box in John Masefield's 1935 fantasy adventure Box of Delights do?
grant wishes
cast spells
shrink
travel through time
