QUIZ!!!!

Here Is a fun quiz I found regarding literature for older children! I only got a 6/10, but hopefully you can do better!

"Ten questions about literature for children ages 10 - 18."



1. This book is about the plans of a mother to marry off her five daughters. Only two of her daughters are /happily/ married by the end of the book. It takes place in England, in the early 1800's.

'Merchant of Venice'
'Pride and Prejudice'
'Tale of Two Cities'
'Jane Eyre'



2. An orphaned goes through a difficult childhood. She then becomes the governess of a French child, and falls in love with the child's guardian. When she finds out he was already married to a mad woman, she runs away, only to return later and fall back in love.

'The Red Pony'
'Jane Eyre'
'Crime and Punishment'
'Catcher in the Rye'



3. A red-haired orphan goes to live on Prince Edward Island with a brother and sister who live on a farm. She has a very large imagination and a quick temper. This book is about her as she grows up.

'Crime and Punishment'
'The Pearl'
'Anne of Green Gables'
'Great Expectations'



4. An orphan (yes, another) goes to live with her uncle, of whom she is afraid of. She finds a crippled cousin, a boy who loves nature, and a locked-up garden.

'The Secret Garden'
'The Magic Mountain'
'Heidi'
Summer of my German Soldier'



5. This book is about a boy who goes on a journey with several 'good guys' and several sailors-turned-pirates to find a buried treasure.

'A Journey to the Center of the Earth'
'Huckleberry Finn'
'Treasure Island'
'Rip Van Winkle'



6. This book is about a group of rabbits who leave their warren to find a new life. It includes an escape, a plan to find some doe rabbits, the escape from a dangerous warren, and the rest of their struggles

'The Tempest'
'Watership Down'
'The Twelfth Night'
'The Moonstone'



7. This trilogy is about a quest to destroy the One Ring which has evil power. It takes place in Middle Earth, among many amazing creatures and people.

'Journey to the Center of the Earth'
'Aeneid'
'Lord of the Rings'
'The Black Arrow'



8. This is a book about a boy from another planet, as he explains his journeys to other planets (including Earth), and shares wisdom with a human he finds on Earth.

'Silas Marner'
'The Odyssey'
'The Little Prince'
'Ivanhoe'



9. This is about an English schoolgirl who was born in India and is later sent to London to go to boarding school. Her father goes off and is thought to have died. The book tells about her life at boarding school and afterward.

'Jane Eyre'
'Silas Marner'
'A Scandal in Bohemia'
'The Little Princess'



10. A young boy in an early American town gets into all sorts of mischief. He finds criminals, gets lost in a cave, and whitewashes a fence (big clue!).

'The Mill on the Floss'
'Treasure Island'
'The Hound of the Baskervilles'
'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'


Answers:

1. This book is about the plans of a mother to marry off her five daughters. Only two of her daughters are /happily/ married by the end of the book. It takes place in England, in the early 1800's.

The correct answer was 'Pride and Prejudice'.


2. An orphaned goes through a difficult childhood. She then becomes the governess of a French child, and falls in love with the child's guardian. When she finds out he was already married to a mad woman, she runs away, only to return later and fall back in love.

The correct answer was 'Jane Eyre'.


3. A red-haired orphan goes to live on Prince Edward Island with a brother and sister who live on a farm. She has a very large imagination and a quick temper. This book is about her as she grows up.

The correct answer was 'Anne of Green Gables'.


4. An orphan (yes, another) goes to live with her uncle, of whom she is afraid of. She finds a crippled cousin, a boy who loves nature, and a locked-up garden.

The correct answer was 'The Secret Garden'.


5. This book is about a boy who goes on a journey with several 'good guys' and several sailors-turned-pirates to find a buried treasure.

The correct answer was 'Treasure Island'.


6. This book is about a group of rabbits who leave their warren to find a new life. It includes an escape, a plan to find some doe rabbits, the escape from a dangerous warren, and the rest of their struggles

The correct answer was 'Watership Down'.


7. This trilogy is about a quest to destroy the One Ring which has evil power. It takes place in Middle Earth, among many amazing creatures and people.

The correct answer was 'Lord of the Rings'.


8. This is a book about a boy from another planet, as he explains his journeys to other planets (including Earth), and shares wisdom with a human he finds on Earth.

The correct answer was 'The Little Prince'.


9. This is about an English schoolgirl who was born in India and is later sent to London to go to boarding school. Her father goes off and is thought to have died. The book tells about her life at boarding school and afterward.

The correct answer was 'The Little Princess'.



10. A young boy in an early American town gets into all sorts of mischief. He finds criminals, gets lost in a cave, and whitewashes a fence (big clue!).

The correct answer was 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'.