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  1. 51.

    Dorothy Parker was a recluse all her life.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  2. 52.

    The Uruk-hai, which were described in The Fellowship of the Ring, could only run in the light of the moon.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  3. 53.

    Draco Malfoy cries in a book of the Harry Potter series.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  4. 54.

    Filch is a wizard in the Harry Potter books.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  5. 55.

    The Harry Potter series of books, combined, are over 1,000,000 words in length.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  6. 56.

    The 1987 movie Hellraiser was based upon the Clive Barker novella The Damnation Game.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  7. 57.

    Margaux Hemingway was Ernest Hemingway's daughter.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  8. 58.

    The members of the Pretty Committee, described in the novel The Clique, get kicked out of school.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  9. 59.

    In chapter one of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry has Snapes essay on Sleeping Draughts hidden under the floorboard.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  10. 60.

    In the books Eragon and Eldest, wierda is the ancient language word meaning fate.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  11. 61.

    The American military moves against Nicolae in the book Tribulation Force.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  12. 62.

    In Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, Severus Snape bewitches Harrys broom during the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Sytherin.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  13. 63.

    Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote the poem She Was a Phantom of Delight in 1803.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  14. 64.

    Stephanie Plums eccentric Grandma Mazur has a weird obsession with attending viewings at the local funeral parlor.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  15. 65.

    Draco Malfoy became the master of the Elder Wand which was Dumbledores beloved wand.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  16. 66.

    In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Hermione destroyed the fourth Horcrux by stabbing it with the Sword of Gryffindor.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  17. 67.

    Harry Potter kisses Cho Chang.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  18. 68.

    Much attention is paid to the common stapler in the novel The Mezzanine.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  19. 69.

    Left Behind character Buck Williams is drawn into a murder mystery when an old friend of his is mysteriously killed by a sniper.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  20. 70.

    When Stephen King began to write The Gunslinger, he typed it on bright green paper.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  21. 71.

    Fictional character Stephanie Plum is employed by her cousin.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  22. 72.

    Dorothy Parker never married.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  23. 73.

    In the book The Fellowship of the Ring, Arwen was the elf that brought Frodo Baggins across the river into the land of Rivendell.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  24. 74.

    The story of the novel The Golden Compass begins in the fictional Jordan College in Oxford.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  25. 75.

    A massive earthquake effects the entire world simultaneously in the novel Nicolae.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  26. 76.

    Harry rescued Hermione from the Merpeople.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  27. 77.

    Hattie considers terminating her pregnancy once she finds out she is carrying Nicolaes child.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  28. 78.

    Stephen Chbosky wrote the book 'The Perks of Being A Wallflower'.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  29. 79.

    In the book All Creatures Great and Small, Mrs. Pumphreys dogs name is Tricki Woo.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  30. 80.

    The novel The Dark Tower begins where Song of Susannah left off.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  31. 81.

    "Elementary, my dear Watson" is a phrase that is never truly said within the Conan Doyle books of Sherlock Holmes.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  32. 82.

    October 24 was the day that Tolkien's character Frodo awoke in Rivendell after his ailment.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  33. 83.

    Uyulala, is a character in the novel The Neverending Story, that only speaks in rhymes.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  34. 84.

    In the book Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Wickham has his wife write a letter to Elizabeth asking for money.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  35. 85.

    David Sedaris wrote the book Dry which details his life.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  36. 86.

    The first word in the novel Eragon is a proper noun (excluding the prologue).

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  37. 87.

    Margaux Hemingway never appeared in a movie with her sister.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  38. 88.

    Harry Potter was born on July 31st, 1980.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  39. 89.

    In the Twilight series, the Cullens love to play football during a thunderstorm.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  40. 90.

    Fictional detective Nero Wolfe lived in a brownstone on West 34th Street in New York City.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  41. 91.

    In the book The Dark Tower, Susannah becomes physically separated from Mia and gives birth to Mordred, while Mia is killed by a group of vampires.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  42. 92.

    The game warden, Muldoon, was killed by raptors in the book Jurassic Park.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  43. 93.

    In the Twilight saga, both Edward and James are trackers.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  44. 94.

    In Michael Ende's novel The Neverending Story, Bastian stole The Neverending Story from Mr. Smith.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  45. 95.

    In the Stephanie Plum series of books, Stephanie's mother approves of her job as a bounty hunter.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  46. 96.

    Vivian Leigh won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Scarlett OHara in Gone With the Wind. This was her only Academy Award.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  47. 97.

    Queer was a memoir penned by Allen Ginsberg.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  48. 98.

    In All Creatures Great and Small, James wanted to be a small animal surgeon before he became a veterinarian.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True
  49. 99.

    Lestat was made into a vampire by Marius.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: False
  50. 100.

    It is stated in The Fellowship of the Ring that the emblems of Durin are wrought of ithildin that mirrors only starlight and moonlight.

    • ATrue
    • BFalse
    Answer: True

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