American Literature Quizzes, Questions & Answers
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O. Henry’s “The Ransom of Red Chief” is a short story published in 1910, which follows the story of two men who kidnap and attempt to random a wealthy Alabaman’s son. What do you remember about it?
Questions: 7 | Attempts: 377 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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Sample QuestionWhat is the boys name?
A short, informal reading quiz to prepare you for the real quiz in class.
Questions: 5 | Attempts: 270 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023
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Sample QuestionIn "Nobody Knows," where do George Willard and Louise Trunnion go on their "date"?
American literature is literature predominantly written or produced in English in the United States of America and its preceding colonies. Before the founding of the United States, the Thirteen Colonies...
Questions: 13 | Attempts: 953 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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Sample QuestionWho wrote Mending wall?
This quiz assesses comprehension on the events from Chapters 13-15 in Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
Questions: 15 | Attempts: 340 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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Sample QuestionWho did Louise compare herself to at the begining of Chapter 13, when she thought she was going to become a crazy, independent old woman.
A short quiz to test your knowledge on the novel Grendel by John Gardener
Questions: 11 | Attempts: 2699 | Last updated: Apr 27, 2024
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Sample QuestionThe number 12 is significant for all of the reasons except...
The quiz covers information from chapters 10 to 12 in the novel, Jacob Have I Loved, a Newberry Medal Award winning book.
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 118 | Last updated: Mar 17, 2022
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Sample QuestionWhat year did the big storm in Chapter 10 happen?
This quiz for all the current English students out there who are almost doing their exams and need practice take this quiz. It is specifically designed to find out your knowledge based on the book a view from the bridge.
Questions: 15 | Attempts: 93 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023
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Sample QuestionTo bring to a stop; end.
A final comprehensive test on the novel Zachary Beaver by Kimberly Willis Holt.
Questions: 20 | Attempts: 279 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionWho said this: "I didn't sy got baptized. I said I almost got baptized."
This is a short, multiple choice quiz to refresh your memory about characters and events in the novel Tracks, and its author, Louise Erdrich.
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 306 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionNanapush's father named him for "Nanabozho" so that he would be
Test your knowledge of Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse Five' with this trivia quiz! Explore questions on its characters, plot, and themes.
Questions: 19 | Attempts: 2046 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionSlaughterhouse-Five focuses on the burning of:
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