Quiz #3: Orphans in Literature Old and New

See if you can identify these orphans from classic and modern literature:

1.  This sickly orphan's life is turned upside down by the arrival of her uncle and her seven male cousins.

2.  These orphaned brothers run away to Venice and join a gang of orphans who are led by a young thief named Scipio.

3.  This orphan grew up to be a Herbology professor.

4.  This orphan falls in love with the daughter of Mr. Earnshaw, the man who took him in. 

5.  She is taken away from her village to live at the Council Edifice because of her embroidery skills.

6.  He was born in colonial India.

7.  This orphan has unwittingly been trained by his uncle to become a secret agent.

8.  She accidentally travels back in time and experiences the American Civil War first-hand.

9.   Her last name is Gale.

10.  This orphan's parents were devoured by a rhinocerous while on a shopping trip in London.

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Quiz #2: Orphans in Modern Children's Literature

If you've already taken the  "Literary Orphans Quiz" and are ready for the next challenge, see if you can identify these orphans from more recent children's books:

1.  These children first learn they have become orphans at Briny Beach.

2.  This orphan lives in a train station.

3.  After his parents are murdered, this orphan is raised by ghosts.

4.  This orphan's tutor, Miss Perumal, encourages him to respond to an advertisement for "special opportunities" for gifted children.

5.  He was raised by his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.

6.  She is trapped in an attic by her stepmother, until the night she encounters a ghost named Po and an alchemist's apprentice.

7.  After the reading of their grandmother's will, these orphans compete against their relatives in a scavenger hunt to find the secret of their family's power.

8.  When this orphan asks a fortune-teller whether his sister is still alive, and if so, where to find her, he is told an elephant will lead him to her.

9.  She got her name from the Moon's Marshmallows box she was found in.

10.  These four children love "old-fashioned" adventures and plot to become orphans.


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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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