Classic Children's Literature Quiz

Question 1

What was the name of the young boy in a Roald Dahl book about a chocolate factory?

Accepted Answer

Charlie

Question 2

What is the name of Matilda’s teacher?

Accepted Answer

Miss Jennifer Honey

Question 3

Which children’s story begins with a boat being wrecked, in the middle of nowhere, during a sea storm?

Accepted Answer

The Swiss Family Robinson

Question 4

Which title is NOT a book in Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit series?

Accepted Answer

The Tale of Mr. McGregor

Question 5

Who is NOT a resident of the Hundred Acre Wood in Winnie-the-Pooh?

Accepted Answer

Badger

Question 6

In Harold and the Purple Crayon, Harold draws all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

a sun

Question 7

In what decade was Goodnight Moon published?

Accepted Answer

1940s

Question 8

In From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, where do the kids camp out?

Accepted Answer

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Question 9

In The Cat in the Hat, what type of pet does Sally have?

Accepted Answer

fish

Question 10

Who wrote Harriet the Spy?

Accepted Answer

Louise Fitzhugh

Question 11

In The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, what is the name of the children who go to Narnia?

Accepted Answer

Pevensie

Question 12

In Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, what food does Oliver famously ask for when he says: “Please, Sir, I want some more”?

Accepted Answer

gruel

Question 13

What are the names of Nancy Drew’s best friends?

Accepted Answer

Bess and George

Question 14

What P. L. Travers novel features a “practically perfect” nanny, and is a popular Disney movie?

Accepted Answer

Mary Poppins

Question 15

Who is NOT a character in A Wrinkle In Time?

Accepted Answer

Mrs. Whensy

Question 16

What is the name of the little boy who is the hero of The Snowy Day?

Accepted Answer

Peter

Question 17

What is the name of the rat in Charlotte’s Web?

Accepted Answer

Templeton

Question 18

The author of Charlotte’s Web also wrote which book?

Accepted Answer

Stuart Little

Question 19

How many girls attend Madeline’s school in Paris?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 20

What is the Dursley family's address?

Accepted Answer

4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging

Question 21

What kind of clothing does Max wear in Where the Wild Things Are?

Accepted Answer

a wolf suit

Question 22

This biographical novel is about a young African prince who is captured and taken to America as a slave.

Accepted Answer

Amos Fortune, Free Man

Question 23

Where did Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, live?

Accepted Answer

Prince Edward Island

Question 24

In which city does Make Way for Ducklings take place?

Accepted Answer

Boston

Question 25

Mark Twain’s beloved characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn reside in which state?

Accepted Answer

Missouri

Classic Children's Literature Quiz

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