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"Summer of Fear" Lois Duncan Trivia Quiz

Lois Duncan's book just teaches us how the best friends can turn into the worst enemies.

A multiple-choice quiz by LilSpikey. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
LilSpikey

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
82,589

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
616

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What was the subject of the article Rachel read in the paper four summers ago? Hint

The governer of New Mexico would be running for president.

A family disappeared in the mountains.

An alien sighting was reported.

A forest fire burned over 300 acres.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Why does Julia come to live with the family? Hint

Her parents got divorced.

She ran away from home.

She ran away from a group home.

Her parents died.

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Question 3 of 10

3. What animal does Julia not like? Hint

rabbits

mice

dogs

cats

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Question 4 of 10

4. What happens to Julia, when she arrives home from shopping with Rachel and Carolyn? Hint

She falls getting out of the car.

Rachel's dog bites her.

She finds out that she left her purse at the clothes store.

Mike asks her over to his house.

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is wrong with Rachel on the morning of the dance? Hint

She falls going down the stairs.

She has hives.

She sprains her foot.

She has a headache.

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Question 6 of 10

6. What does Rachel find in the base of Julia's lamp? Hint

a note written to Mike

a ring

sleeping pills

matches

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Question 7 of 10

7. What does Rachel find in Julia's bureau drawer? Hint

cigarettes

a melted wax figure

a candle

a voodoo doll with pins in it

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Question 8 of 10

8. What happened to Professor Jarvis? Hint

He had a stroke.

He was murdered.

He had a heart attack.

He fell down the stairs.

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is so strange about Julia? Hint

She is a ghost.

She is not really Julia.

She is a vampire.

She is an alien.

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Question 10 of 10

10. What happens to Sarah at the end? Hint

She melts when water is thrown on her.

She returns home on a space ship.

She runs away.

She turns into a bat and flies away.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the subject of the article Rachel read in the paper four summers ago?

Answer: A family disappeared in the mountains.

Before the main story, Rachel tells about an article she read in the paper. It featured a family of three and a friend who had all disappeared while on vacation in the San Andres Mountains.

2. Why does Julia come to live with the family?

Answer: Her parents died.

Rachel's Aunt Marge and Uncle Ryan were killed in a car accident. Since Marge had no other sisters, her daughter Julia is sent to live with Rachel's family.

3. What animal does Julia not like?

Answer: dogs

Rachel introduces Julia to her dog Trickle. Julia tells Rachel to keep her dog out of her way.

4. What happens to Julia, when she arrives home from shopping with Rachel and Carolyn?

Answer: Rachel's dog bites her.

Rachel, Julia, and Carolyn went shopping for summer clothes in town that morning. When they arrive home, Julia shouts abnormally whilst going up the path to Rachel's house. To Rachel's surprise, Trickle has bitten Julia.

5. What is wrong with Rachel on the morning of the dance?

Answer: She has hives.

Rachel wakes up that morning to find her face covered with a red, itchy rash. Julia borrows Rachel's dress, and dances with Mike that night.

6. What does Rachel find in the base of Julia's lamp?

Answer: matches

Rachel begins to get suspicious about Julia when she finds burned matches in the base of the bedroom lamp.

7. What does Rachel find in Julia's bureau drawer?

Answer: a melted wax figure

After finding the matches, Rachel thinks that Julia smokes. She looks in the bureau drawer for cigarettes, but she finds a melted wax figure, with an animal's head, and white hairs stuck in it.

8. What happened to Professor Jarvis?

Answer: He had a stroke.

Bobby goes to the professor's house, and is shocked to find him lying on the floor behind the door. He is taken to the hospital, and it is discovered that he had a stroke.

9. What is so strange about Julia?

Answer: She is not really Julia.

Rachel finds out that she is not Julia at all. She is Sarah Blain, the house maid for Julia's family. Julia was killed in the car accident along with her parents. Sarah practiced witchcraft, and she made the family's car run off the road.

10. What happens to Sarah at the end?

Answer: She runs away.

After she is revealed as not being Julia, Sarah runs away. Rachel believes that Sarah has moved in with another unsuspecting family.

Source: Author LilSpikey

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