Quiz #1: Literary Orphans

See if you can identify these literary orphans:

1. She accidentally dyed her hair green, and broke a slate over a boy's head for calling her "Carrots".

2.  This orphan also broke her slate, but accidentally.  She is made to stand on a stool in front of her classmates and is shamed by Mr. Brocklehurst, the clergyman who runs the charity school she attends

3.  He was raised in a baby farm until he was nine years old, when he was sent to a workhouse.

4.  This orphan lived with his Aunt Polly and Sid, his half-brother in St. Petersburg, Missouri.

5.  She also lived with an Aunt Polly, a rich but stern woman living in Beldingsville Vermont.

6. Her best friend is Peter, the goat-herd.

7.  After her father dies and his fortune is lost, she is mistreated by her cruel headmistress, Miss Minchin.

8.  This orphan who aspires to be a writer is sent to live on a farm in Prince Edward Island with Aunt Elizabeth, Aunt Laura and Cousin Jimmy.

9.    She lived in India until a cholera outbreak kills her parents.

10.  This orphan lived with the Brandybucks in Brandy Hall until he was adopted by his cousin, Bilbo.

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1.  Anne of Green Gables.

2.  Jane Eyre.

3.  Oliver Twist.

4.  Tom Sawyer.

5.  Pollyanna.

6.  Heidi.

7.  Sara Crewe (from "A Little Princess).

8.  Emily of New Moon

9. Mary Lennox (from "The Secret Garden").

10.  Frodo Baggins (from "The Lord of the Rings").