From: riggle@adobe.com (Kathleen Riggle)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.books
Subject: NOVEMBER BOOK QUIZ
Date: 5 Nov 92 18:39:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: adobe.1992Nov5.183904.2551
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated


Oops, I forgot to post this to rec.arts.books.  Enjoy!

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I'm sad that Mimi Wellington has ended her "quiz career", but I'm
happy that I can continue in her footsteps.

I don't plan on changing anything about the quiz.  I thought it was
perfect before.  Please do send me quotes!  I do have Mimi's file of
unused quotes, so no need to send me quotes you've already sent her.
I'll try not to use books that have already been quoted, but I don't
promise anything...in fact, this quiz contains an already-quoted book!

Quiz rules :  you get a point for the author, a point for
the book/story/poem, and an extra point for more specific
identifications in such cases as chapter books and collections
of stories or poems.  I try to take quotes from fairly well-
known books, but I'm guilty of throwing in really great quotes
from little-known books.  Most, but not all, of the quotes come
from authors I've not included in previous quizzes.

Please feel free to look up the quotes, ask friends, form teams,
whatever.  The basic rule is to enjoy yourself.

This month's quiz contributors are Betsy Perry, Mimi Wellington, Jan
Wieseneld and Stan and Eli Isaacs and Barbara Vivier.

Remember:  quiz contributors get credit for accurate answers to their
own contributions.  So don't be shy!  Send me quotes!

EMAIL your answers to me and I'll tell you your score.  I'll
post answers at the end of the month.  I'll repost the quiz
mid-month, in case you miss it first time 'round.

						Kathie Riggle
						riggle@adobe.com

*************************** NOVEMBER KIDS' BOOK QUIZ ***********************

1.  As a rule, gingerbread men were fun.  They leapt up off the plate
    and ran when you tried to eat them, so that when you finally caught
    them you felt quite justified in neating them.  It was a fair
    fight, and some got away.  But Mrs. Sharp's gingerbread men never
    did that.  They simply lay, feebly waving their arms, and Cat
    never had the heart to eat them.


2.  "There is no reason to sound surprised," the King said.  "The
    Queen is a very proficient mousequestrian.  Of course, it is not
    the sort of sport I would choose myself."

    What sort of sport would you choose?" Ellie asked, interested.

    "Preferably none.  I leave that sort of thing to the Queen.  I am
    more of a homebody.  I prefer keeping the house tidy, caring for
    the children, and supervising their diet."


3.  "You'd better mind your manners, little lady.  I could turn you
    into a tin of beans."

    "My Uncle Jim is downstairs," said Dinah.  "He is a hunter.  He
    has got a gun."

    The wicked witch sniffed and pretended not to care.  Even so,
    Dinah could see a worried look in her eyes. The truth is, Dinah's
    Uncle Jim was a bus driver, but the witch was not to know that.


4.  Elizabeth was a beautiful princess.  She lived in a castle and had
    expensive princess clothes.  She was going to marry a prince named
    Ronald.
  
    Unfortunately, a dragon smashed her castle, burned all her clothes
    with his fiery breath, and carried off Prince Ronald.
  

5.  Then one day, James's mother and father went to London to do some
    shopping, and there a terrible thing happened.  Both of them
    suddenly got eaten up (in full daylight, mind you, and on a crowed
    street) by an enormous angry rhinoceros which had escaped from the
    London Zoo.

    Now this, as you can well imagine, was a rather nasty experience
    for two such gentle parents.  But in the long run it was far
    nastier for James than it was for them.  Their troubles were all
    over in a jiffy.  They were dead and gone in thirty-five seconds
    flat.  Poor James, on the other hand, was still very much alive,
    and all at once he found himself alone and frightened in a vast
    unfriendly world.  The lovely house by the seaside had to be sold
    immediately, and the little boy, carrying nothing but a small
    suitcase containing a pair of pajamas and a toothbursh, was sent
    away to live with his two aunts.


6.  I see a redbird looking at me.


7.  "Put down your doll." said Miss Minchin.  "What do you mean by
    bringing her here?"  "No," Sara answered.  "I will not put her
    down.  She is all I have.  My papa gave her to me."  She had
    always made Miss Minchin feel secretly uncomfortable, and she did
    so now.  She did not speak with rudeness so much as with a cold
    steadiness with which Miss Minchin felt if difficult to
    cope-perhaps because she knew she was doing a heartless and
    inhuman thing.


8.  She got very jealous.  She frowned.  And she pouted.  Then, one
    day she got awfully mad and she shouted: "This just isn't fair!  I
    have *one*!  She has *two*!  I MUST have a tail just like
    Lolla-Lee-Lou!"


9.  On his birthday, he got a present from Grandma.
    It was a woolen sweater with roses on it.
    Harry didn't like it the moment he saw it.
    He didn't like the roses.


10. He'll want to go with you.  When he opens the door and feels how
    chilly it is, he'll ask to borrow a sweater.  When he puts thw
    sweater on, he'll notice on of the buttons is loose.  He'll ask
    for a needle and thread.
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riggle@adobe.com