Monday, March 19, 2007
-Library Week Quiz (Primary 5 & 6)-
Calling all P5s & 6s,
Pick up your pen and paper and get cracking on this quiz. Submit your answers on a sheet of paper to your friendy librarian, Aunt Jenny, at the MRL, by 29 March 2007. There are prizes to be won...
1. In “Anne of Green Gables”, of the many virtues Anne emphasizes, what is the most important and fulfilling?
2. In which book does an orphan go to live with her uncle, whom she is afraid of? She finds a crippled cousin, a boy who loves nature, and a locked-up garden?
3. Which book is about a boy who goes on a journey with several “good guys” and several sailors-turned pirates to find a buried treasure.
4. This trilogy is about a quest to destroy the One Ring which has evil power. It takes place in Middle Earth, among many amazing people and creatures.
5. In Tolkein’s “The Hobbit”, Bilbo Baggins and a band of dwarves set off to steal a treasure from a dragon. What is the dragon’s name?
6. Who wrote the “Left Behind” books?
7. Claudia wanted to run away from home. She chose her brother Jamie to come with her. They ran away and lived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Which book is it?
8. It is 1943 Copenhagen and the Nazis are coming. Ellen Rosen moves in with her best friend Annemarie Johansen ‘s family and pretends to be part of their family. What is the book?
9. In “A Swiftly Tilting Planet”, who is Meg married to?
10. In “The Book of Three” by Lloyd Alexander, which biblical character is Medwyn most like?
11. In the beginning of “The Grey King” by Susan Cooper, what sickness does Will have?
12. In the “Redwall” series by Brian Jacques, who is the Warrior Mouse who saved Mossflower and demolished Kotir?
13. In Louis Sachar’s “Holes”, what is special about the main character’s name (Stanley Yelnats)?
14. In Lois Lowry’s “The Giver”, what does Jonas’s mother do for a living?
15. In “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott, what does Jo want to buy herself for Christmas?
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|10:16 pm|
-Library Week Quiz (Primary 3 & 4)-
Calling all Primary 3s & P4s,
How well do you know your books? Take up the challenge and try to get the answers to the following questions. Write your answers on a sheet of paper and hand it in to your friendly librarian, Aunt Jenny, at the MRL, by 29 March 2007. There are prizes to be won....
1. In “Artemis Fowl” (the first one) by Eoin Colfer, which body part does Holly pay extra attention to?
2. Which children’s story begins with a boat being wrecked in the middle of nowhere during a storm?
3. Which popular Disney movie, featuring a “practically perfect nanny”, was originally a novel written by P.L.Travers?
4. Who wrote “Charlotte’s Web”, “The Trumpet of the Swan”, and “Stuart Little”?
5. This book has witches, flying monkeys, a cowardly lion, and a girl who just wants to go home. What is the girl’s name?
6. “Where the Wild Things Are” tells the story of Max, a young boy sent to bed without his supper for his wild antics. Who is the author?
7. She’s a small girl who gets into trouble and has an imagination all her own. Her older sister finds her annoying. What is the name of Beverly Cleary’s book series?
8. What animal was the main character in “The Wind in the Willows”?
9. In the “Famous Five” series, what is the name of George’s dog (the honorary member of the five)?
10. In “A Little Princess”, where was the boarding school where Sara was sent?
11. Why did the Boxcar Children go to live in a boxcar after their parents’ death?
12. In the “Princess Diaries”, did “Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor” have red hair?
13. From the “Little House” books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, what instrument did Pa play?
14. In Natalie Babbitt’s book “Tuck Everlasting”, who do Tuck and Mae meet with every ten years?
15. In “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norman Juster, when Milo finds the tollbooth and goes through it, what destination does he have in mind (He picked it off the map)?
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|10:16 pm|
-Library Week Quiz (Primary 1 & 2)-
Calling all Primary 1s and 2s,
How well do you know your books? Take the challenge and answer these questions. Submit your entries on a sheet of paper to your friendly librarian, Aunt Jenny, at the MRL, by 29 March 2007. There are prizes to be won. So...what are you waiting for?
1. What is the name of the young boy in a Roald Dahl book about a chocolate factory?
2. Who wrote “Matilda”, “The Witches” and “The BFG”?
3. What was the name of the girl in the Peter Pan story?
4. What kind of animal is Paddington?
5. What kind of animal is Eeyore?
6. What kind of animal is Babar?
7. In Eric Carle’s story, what creature is very hungry?
8. Which classic children’s tale includes a character who lives in a house in the forest that’s made of gingerbread?
9. In “The Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe”, she had too many _______ ?
10. In the song that begins “Sing a song of sixpence”, how many blackbirds were baked in a pie?
11. “Would you like them in a house? Would you like them with a __________?
12. “One fish, Two fish, _________ fish, Blue fish”.
13. If you know the “The Just So Stories”, and I hope you do, you have been called what by the author? Hint: Best _______.
14. Winnie the Pooh composes an Outdoor Hum for Snowy Weather. Who provides the Tiddely-poms?
15. The first book of the Beatrix Potter collection is “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”. Which of the following did Mrs. Rabbit take with her to the baker’s?
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|10:03 pm|
