This quiz involves ten different Young Adult Fiction books. I ask a question beginning with the phrase “In what book…” and then your answer is the book title followed by the author’s name. Play it here.
1. In what book is John Aycliffe impaled on his own soldier’s swords?
- “Among the Hidden”, by Margaret Haddix
- “Crispin: the Cross of Lead”, by Avi
- “Oliver Twist”, by Charles Dickens
- “The Bad Beginning”, by Lemony Snicket
2. In what book does Salamanca Tree Hiddle take a trip to Lewiston, Idaho with her grandparents?
- “Walk Two Moons”, by Sharon Creech
- “A Year Down Yonder”, by Richard Peck
- “Bridge to Terabithia”, by Katherine Paterson
- “The Golden Compass”, by Philip Pullman
3. In what book does a girl named Leslie drown when she swings across a creek on a rope and hits her head on a tree branch?
- “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, by J.K. Rowling
- “The Golden Compass”, by Philip Pullman
- “Walk Two Moons”, by Sharon Creech
- “Bridge to Terabithia”, by Katherine Paterson
4. In what book does Jen, a third child, organize a rally to make the government to repeal the Population Law that states women can only have two children?
- “A Year Down Yonder”, by Richard Peck
- “Redwall”, by Brian Jacques
- “Among the Hidden”, by Margaret Haddix
- “Crispin: The Cross of Lead”, by Avi
5. In what book is Fagin a leader of the gang of thieves that the main character gets drawn into?
- “Redwall”, by Brian Jacques
- “Crispin: The Cross of Lead”, by Avi
- “The Bad Beginning”, by Lemony Snicket
- “Oliver Twist”, by Charles Dickens
6. In what book does the main character get sent off to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
- “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, by J. K. Rowling
- “Bridge to Terabithia”, by Katherine Paterson
- “Among the Hidden”, by Margaret Haddix
- “Oliver Twist”, by Charles Dickens
7. In what book are the three rich Baudelaire orphans sent to live with Count Olaf after their parents perished in a terrible fire?
- “The Bad Beginning”, by Lemony Snicket
- “Among the Hidden”, by Margaret Haddix
- “Walk Two Moons”, by Sharon Creech
- “A Year Down Yonder”, by Richard Peck
8. In what book do Matthias and Cluny the Scourge fight each other?
- “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, by J. K. Rowling
- “Oliver Twist”, by Charles Dickens
- “The Golden Compass”, by Philip Pullman
- “Redwall”, by Brian Jacques
9. In what book does Lord Asriel use Roger and his daemon to open a passageway into a new world?
- “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, by J. K. Rowling
- “Walk Two Moons”, by Sharon Creech
- “Bridge to Terabithia”, by Katherine Paterson
- “The Golden Compass”, by Philip Pullman
10. In what book is a real baby slipped into a manger in place of a doll during the Christmas play?
- “A Year Down Yonder”, by Richard Peck
- “The Bad Beginning”, by Lemony Snicket
- “Crispin: The Cross of Lead”, by Avi
- “Redwall”, by Brian Jacques
With the help of the three hints, I managed to get 9 out of 10 correct. And I’ve added a number of books to my to-read list now!
Happy quizzing,
Loes M.