WorksheetsMystery Books Quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Detective stories have been around for over a century, but their popularity persists. Why?
The juxtaposition of ambiguous subject matter with a familiar form lures readers into a pattern that’s too good to resist.
It’s the familiar pattern (problem, analysis and solution) carried out by the detective protagonist that rewards our brains for completing the story.
By employing a clever protagonist who can somehow sense what the reader cannot, these books become an entertaining mind game rather than a depressing account of heinous crimes.
All of the reasons given in the blue, teal and orange boxes
Which author wrote the Murder Most Unladylike series?
Agatha Christie
Robin Stevens
Holly Black
e.lockhart
I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan is also a film.
True
False
The main location for We Were Liars by e.lockart is
Beechwood Junction
Beechwood City
Beechwood River
Beechwood Island
Holly (a) wrote a Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
In the book One of Us is Lying, how many students are in detention
2
3
4
5
In Truly Devious, by Maureen Johnson, Ellingham Academy experiences multiple student deaths.
True
False
Which character is not a creation of Agatha Christie?
Hercule Poirot
Miss Marple
Stevie Bell
Harley Quin
Imogen and Jule are characters in which e.lockhart twisty mystery?
Genuine Fraud
We Were Liars
Again, Again
Family of Liars
Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women has as an attendee:
Grace Willows
Cammie Morgan
Juliet Sprout
Francesca Folly
Which book is the sequel to One of Us is Lying?
Two Can Keep a Secret
The Cousins
One of Us is Next
Nothing More to Tell
Enola Holmes is
a detective
a murderer
a prosecutor
an author
Friday Barnes attended Highcrest Academy with:
Winky
Stinky
Twinky
Binky
Lauren Child created the character Ruby Redfort. What is the name of the first book in the series?
Catch you Death
Feel the Fear
Look into my Eyes
Pick your Poison
