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7th - 9th Grade: Books & Literature Flashcards

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Name the author who created Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web

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E.B. White

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Name the author who created Winne the Pooh

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A.A. Milne

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Name the author who created Peter Pan

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J.M. Barrie

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Name the author who created The Cat in the Hat

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Dr. Suess

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Name the author who created Huckleberry Finn

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Mark Twain

also wrote Tom Sawyer

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Name the author who created Peter Rabbit

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Beatrix Potter

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Name the author who created Hermione Granger

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J.K. Rowling

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Name the author who created Aslan

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C.S. Lewis

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Name the author who created Alice in Wonderland

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Lewis Carroll

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Name the author who created the Cowardly Lion

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L. Frank Baum

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Name the author born William Sidney Porter, who wrote Cabbages & Kings as well as his best known short story The Gift of the Magi

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O. Henry

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In literature, what term refers to a comparison between two things that are similar in some way… often used to help explain something or make it easier to understand

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Analogy

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Who wrote Moby Dick?

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Herman Melville

first line: Call me Ishmael…

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What name is given to a type of writing composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed metical pattern?

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Free verse

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Who wrote Lord of the Flies?

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William Golding

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Who wrote A Tale of Two Cities?

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Charles Dickens (about London & Paris)
(first line: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...)
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In what poem by Edgar Allen Poe does the speaker recall his childhood love for a beautiful maiden?

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Annabel Lee

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What was Dr. Suess’ real name?

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Theodore Geisel

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Who wrote Black Beauty?

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Anna Sewell
(first line: The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond...)
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What American ornithologist and bird artist is best known for his publication Birds of America?

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John James Audubon (pronounced “odd-bon” or odd-o-bon)

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What Shakespearean king had three daughters, two were unfaithful but one, Cordelia, was faithful?

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King Lear

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According to legend, The Earl of Huntington became an outlaw after killing one of the king’s stags. By what name do we know this character that lives in the Sherwood Forest?

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Robin Hood

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What legend of American literature was raised by coyotes after falling from a wagon as a baby, invented the lasso, rode a cyclone and used a rattlesnake as a whip?

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Pecos Bill

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What French author wrote the books, Around the world in Eighty Days and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?

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Jules Verne

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Whose memoirs were recounted in book subtitles Diary of a Young Girl?

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Anne Frank

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What British author wrote the novels Moll Flanders & Robinson Crusoe

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Daniel Defoe

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This author wrote under a pen name of Eric Arthur Blair. Name this author of the political satires 1984 and Animal Farm

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George Orwell

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In what novel does a reclusive uncle named Archibald Craven take in his orphaned niece, Mary Lennox?

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The Secret Garden

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Who is the author of Lord of the Rings?

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J.R.R. Tolkein

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Name the author who created characters including Violet, Klaus, Sunny and Count Olaf

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Lemony Snicket

they are in his books: A Series of Unfortunate Events

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Identify the author who created the fictional setting Wonderland

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Lewis Carroll

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Identify the author who created the fictional setting Narnia

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C.S. Lewis

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Identify the author who created the fictional setting The Shire

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J.R.R. Tolkein

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Identify the author who created the fictional setting Who-ville

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Dr. Suess OR Theodore Geisel

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In what novel are a trio of pets, a lab, bull terrier and a cat, left stranded in a cabin over two hundred miles from home?

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The Incredible Journey

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Who wrote stories about the Knight, the Reeve and the Wife of Bath, among others, stories collectively known as the Canterbury Tales

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Geoffrey (pronounced Jeffery) Chaucer

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This cartoonist was from St. Paul, MN. He developed a series based on floppy-eared dog and a number of his friends. The dog’s name was Snoopy. Who was the cartoonist?

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Charles Shultz

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What Winnie the Pooh character frequently has a missing appendage?

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Eeyore (his tail)

Winnie the Pooh written by Milne

39
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What Wilson Rawls novel does Billy Coleman name his two coon hound pups Little Ann and Old Dan

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Where the Red Fern Grows

40
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In this book, young Jim Hawkins opens the locked chest of a dead pirate and searches to find treasure. Name this Robert Louis Stevenson novel

A

Treasure Island

41
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Who was the author of Tiger Eyes, Superfudge and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing?

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Judy Blume

42
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What Spanish novelist, at one time captured by Barbary pirates, died on the same day as William Shakespeare?

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Miguel de Cervantes

wrote Don Quixote pronounced “Ki-hoe-tay” about a crazy man and his buddy, Sancho, who tries to fight/joust windmills

43
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What is a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral

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Fable

44
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In the legend of King Arthur, who became his queen?

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Guinevere (pronounced Gwen-ah-vare)

45
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In the legend of King Arthur, what was the chalice used by Jesus in the last supper?

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The Holy Grail

46
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In the legend of King Arthur, what was the name of his castle?

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Camelot (pronounced Cam-a-lot)

47
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In the legend of King Arthur, who was the old Celtic magician and seer?

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Merlin

48
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Who wrote A Diary of a Wimpy Kid?

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Jeff Kinney

49
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In what Jane Austen novel is Mrs. Bennett determined to find wealthy husbands for her five daughters?

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Pride and Prejudice

50
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In literature, what is a character who is presented as a contrast to a second character so as to point to or show to advantage some aspect of the second character

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Foil

51
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What is the literary term that refers to a character who change over the course of a story?

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Dynamic character

52
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Who wrote a Midsummer’s Night Dream?

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William Shakespeare

53
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In what novel would one meet Estella, Magwitch, Joe Gargery, Miss Havisham and Pip?

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Great Expectations

written by Charles Dickens

54
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What author created characters including Becky thatcher, Aunt Polly, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer?

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Mark Twain

55
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Name the novel that include characters such as Lucy, Edmund, Mr. Tumnus and Aslan

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

by C.S. Lewis

56
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In a Diary of a Wimpy Kid, what is the name of the main character and his brothers?

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Greg Heffley (main character)
Manny & Roderick (brothers)
written by Jeff Kinney

57
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Who wrote the poem “Defense of Fort McHenry” which later become known as The Star Spangled Banner?

A

Francis Scott Key

58
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What was Mark Twain’s real name?

A

Samuel Clemens

59
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Who wrote Frankenstein’s Monster?

A

Mary Shelley

60
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What is an account of someone’s life written by someone else.

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Biography

61
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In what story by Rudyard Kipling is this line
found?
“It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten
a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose
to tail with curiosity.”

A

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (the name of the mongoose)

62
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Who is the author of “Little House on the Prairie” and “Little Cabin in the Big Woods”?

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Laura Ingalls Wilder

63
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What popular author wrote “On the Banks of Plum Creek”?

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Laura Ingalls Wilder

64
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Identify the novel in which the following well-known literary characters appear: Wilbur & Templeton

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Charlotte’s Web

65
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Identify the novel in which the following well-known literary characters appear: Becky Thatcher & Aunt Polly

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

66
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Identify the novel in which the following well-known literary characters appear: Omri & Patrick

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The Indian in the Cupboard

67
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What is the term for a character with which the protagonist conflicts?

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Antagonist

68
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Plays are broken down into these sections

A

Acts

69
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What element in a story conveys a feeling of uncertainty or dread about what will happen next?

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Suspense

70
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Name the children’s book that tells about a boy named Max who deals with his emotions through the use of his imagination

A

Where the Wild Things Are

71
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What reclusive poet penned the line, “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul?”

A

Emily Dickinson

72
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What word refers to a lengthy poem that tells a story in simple stanzas, often intended to be sung?

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Ballad

73
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When given the the name of the animal in literature, tell what kind of animal it is: Ralph

A

Mouse

74
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When given the the name of the animal in literature, tell what kind of animal it is: Buttercup

A

Cat (Hunger Games)

75
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When given the the name of the animal in literature, tell what kind of animal it is: Rikki Tikki Tavi

A

Mongoose

76
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Who wrote the poem, “O Captain, My Captain!”?

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Walt Whitman

77
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What Scottish writer is best known for his creation of one of the most memorable characters in English literature, Sherlock Holmes?

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

78
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What type of writing is a very long story, told by early Vikings?

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Saga

79
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What type of writing is a newspaper article that states an opinion?

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Editorial

80
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What type of writing is a drama where the main character suffers?

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Tragedy

81
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What type of writing is a story handed down through generations?

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Folk tale

82
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What is the name of a humorous poem that has five lines?

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Limerick

83
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What is the literary device used when logical presumptions are made based on statements assumed to be true

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Inference

84
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What author wrote the novel “Go Set a Watchman” 20 years prior to the publication of her Pulitzer-Prize winning novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”

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Harper Lee

85
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Name the fictional animal doctor who learns the languages of animals in order to treat them more effectively

A

Dr. Doolittle

86
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In literature, what animal s the symbol of nobility, fertility and royalty?

A

The Lion

87
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State from which Mark Twain’s Yankee in

King Arthur’s court comes

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Connecticut

full title: “A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court”

88
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Who wrote A Red Badge of Courage?

A

Stephen Crane

89
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Author of ―The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‖

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Washington Irving

90
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Name of the 9 year-old female character created by Astrid Lindgren

A

Pippi Longstocking

91
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Where does the Dursley family live in the Harry Potter series?

A

4 Privet Drive, Surrey

92
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Name any two of Alexander Dumas’ three musketeers

A

Athos, Porthos and Aramis

93
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Name the children’s book that tells about a boy named Max who deals with emotions through the use of his imagination

A

Where the Wild Things Are

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