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Kids’ Lit Quiz™
Pre-test 2015
These 50 pretest literary questions are supplied to assist you with your
team selection for the Kids’ Lit Quiz™.
Note: It is intended that these questions be asked of a team rather than
individually. They act as a guide only; further consultation with the school
librarian, the child’s teachers and caregivers will also assist selection.
Every year a new set of pretest questions is prepared for teachers to add to
questions from previous years.
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Who was the boy whose nose would grow if he told lies? [Pinocchio]
2
In Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead, George was tricked into helping his
friend to break into Mr X's house because his friend had found what in the
man's washing [A key]
3
What is a dust cover/jacket? [Outer cover/wrapper to protect a book]
4
A Midsummer Night’s Dream was written by what famous playwright?
[William Shakespeare]
5
What was referred to as ‘my precious’? [The ring from Lord of the Rings]
6
L is a fictional manga character in the Death Note series. What is his job?
[Private detective]
7
Who or what is Strega Nona? [A witch accept grandmother]
8
Name Susan Pevensie’s siblings [Peter, Edmund and Lucy]
9
In what novel by Veronica Roth has society been divided into five
factions: Abnegation(selfless), Amity(peaceful), Candor(honest),
Dauntless(brave) and Erudite(intelligent)? [Divergent]
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What three upper case letters of the alphabet have no straight lines? [COS]
11
Who is the author of the following novels: Holes, Small Steps and Pig
City? [Louis Sachar]
12
Who is the camp director at Camp Half-Blood? [Dionysus accept Mr D]
13
What is fanfiction? [Stories based on characters and settings from the
original work but written instead by the fans and not the author]
14
Who is Thea’s and Stilton’s brother who owns, ‘Cheap Junk for Less’?
[Trap Stilton]
15
What colour hair does Anne Shirley have? [Red]
16
In Christopher Paul Curtis’s book. The Watsons Go to xxx Kenny and his
family -the Watsons- go to what town in Alabama so that Kenny’s older
brother can learn some discipline? [Birmingham]
17
What type of doctor was Dr De Soto in the book by William Steig?
[Dentist]
18
Who was cursed after her christening by the fairy Maleficent? [Sleeping
Beauty accept Aurora]
19
What fictional couple, “sailed away, for a year and a day, to the land where
the Bong-Tree grows”? [The Owl and the Pussycat]
20
In what book was a servant girl called Miggery Sow sold by her father for
a red table cloth, a handful of cigarettes and a hen? [The Tale of
Despereaux]
21
What type of fruit tree is Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree? [Apple]
22
What word is missing from this picture book set in Boston: You can’t take
a xxxx into the Museum of Fine Arts? [Balloon]]
23
What was the name of the girl book thief in both the book and the movie
The Book Thief? [Liesel]
24
The Elders controlled everything in Jonas’s world and he was about to be
become the receiver of memories in what book by Lois Lowry? [The
Giver]
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25
Who was the abused girl forced to work as a maid by her vain stepsisters?
[Cinderella]
26
Who has illustrated nearly all John Scieszka’s picture books, such as The
True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Math Curse and The Stinky Cheese
Man? [Lane Smith]
27
Who was the only child and son of Belladonna Took? [Bilbo Baggins]
28
Gulliver enjoyed travelling and made several voyages but what was his
first name? [Lemuel]
29
In what book series do we meet a character called King Peter the
Magnificent? [Narnia series]
30
Which of Winnie the Pooh’s friends was orange and black [Tigger]
31
What do you call a collection of short stories? [Anthology or miscellany]
32
Which of the Simpsons’ children is the youngest? [Maggie]
33
What name is given to short poems or songs traditionally written for young
children? [Nursery Rhymes]
34
What do you call a comma with a full stop above it? [Semi colon]
35
At the end of the war between Earth and the Formics, Ender Wiggin gave
the Hive Queen a what? [An egg]
36
What is the collective name for: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and
Raphael? [Ninja turtles accept Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]
37
The Long Walk to Freedom is whose autobiography? [Nelson Mandela]
38
In the book The Cay what injury was Phillip suffering from? [Head injury
accept blindness]
39
In the poem The Night Before Christmas, who visited the children? [St
Nicholas accept St Nick]
40
What superhero character has the power of elasticity? [Mr Fantastic]
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What creature lived in the centre of an elaborate labyrinth? [Minotaur]
42
What country has a capital city called The Capitol? [Panem]
43
What type of transport are a Nimbus and a Firebolt? [Broomstick]
44
Name any Shakespeare play starting with the letter R? [Romeo & Juliet,
Richard II, Richard III]
45
What animals are the subject of the book Watership Down by Richard
Adams? [Rabbits]
46
What was Bilbo’s last name? [Baggins]
47
Complete this Dr Seuss title: Oh, The Places You’ll xxx. [Go!]
48
What was Miss Muffet sitting on when frightened by a spider? [A tuffet]
49
In the book Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson, Frannie was learning about
hope in an Emily Dickinson poem. What disability did her brother have?
[Deafness]
50
Perdido Beach was suddenly encased within an impenetrable barrier in
what six-book series by Michael Grant? [Gone series]
For further information on the Kids’ Lit QuizTM contact
Cathy Kurkjian
at kurkjianc@mail.ccsu.edu
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