Ben Hickey

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s tests your memory of books you may have read during your school days — specifically, the plots of much-loved novels for young readers. In the five multiple-choice questions below, tap or click on the answer you think is correct. After the last question, you’ll find links to the books.

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A headstrong young girl who gets bored talking to her sister follows a dapper lagomorph to an unfamiliar realm, where she ingests questionable substances and has an encounter with a catty philosopher — among other experiences.

“Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing,” by Judy Blume

“A Wrinkle in Time,” by Madeleine L’Engle

“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” by Lewis Carroll

“The Secret Garden,” by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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In a duel with a fellow student at a magical academy, an overly confident sorcerer accidentally releases a shadowy creature that haunts him.

“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” by J.K. Rowling

“A Wizard of Earthsea,” by Ursula K. Le Guin

“Bed-Knob and Broomstick,” by Mary Norton

“The Magician’s Nephew,” by C.S. Lewis

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After accepting misinformation about an elderly relative as truth, four food-loving orphans opt to make their home in rolling stock used for continental freight transport.

“The Little Red Caboose,” by Marian Potter

“The Railway Children,” by Edith Nesbit

“The Secret Railway,” by Elisabeth Beresford

“The Boxcar Children,” by Gertrude Chandler Warner

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A young man observes life around him — sometimes from atop a very tall steel pole — in his mountain home as his mining community confronts changing times.

“Thomas and the Tinners,” by Jill Paton Walsh

“M.C. Higgins, the Great,” by Virginia Hamilton

“The Stone Book,” by Alan Garner

“The Haunted Mine,” by Richard Potts

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In a small Utah town, a clever boy on a quest to shore up his personal finances cooks up ways to earn extra money in a series of inventive schemes.

“By the Great Horn Spoon!” by Sid Fleischman

“Call Me Francis Tucket,” by Gary Paulsen

“Young Pioneers,” by Rose Wilder Lane

“The Great Brain,” by John D. Fitzgerald